First published in 1974, A Show of Justice remains the essential and definitive text on official policies towards the Maori people in the nineteenth century. Professor Ward shows how an understanding of the past explains why Maori today, formally equal under the law, continue having to demand rights assured under the Treaty of Waitangi and why major issues have yet to be recognised and addressed. A Show of Justice also has a glossary of Maori terms, a full index and notes.
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First published in 1974, A Show of Justice remains the essential and definitive text on official policies towards the Maori people in the nineteenth century. Professor Ward shows how an understanding of the past explains why Maori today, formally equal under the law, continue having to demand rights assured under the Treaty of Waitangi and why major issues have yet to be recognised and addressed. A Show of Justice also has a glossary of Maori terms, a full index and notes.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. 382 p. Audience: General/trade. NICE COPY--SHELF WARE--TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT--GIFT--STILL HAS LOTS OF GREAT READS LEFT--
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Toronto. University of Toronto Press. 1974
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16851153263
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Dust Jacket Included. 23.5cm, xv, 382p., 7 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index, brown cloth, slight coffee splashing on the front cover else very good to fine in somewhat tired jacket (s3.4). A study of the attempt, by British officials and humanitarians in nineteenth century New Zealand, to assimilate the Maori to avoid their destruction by the tide of European settlement. An interesting approach to race relations; subjugation under 'a show of justice"
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Good in Fair jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xv, 382pp., index, biblio., notes, ill. Very light wear, in edgeworn DJ; DJ also has suffered a slight damping event which has only very lightly touched the cloth underneath; no warping, mildew, or other fatal wet damage. "Looks at New Zealand in the nineteent century when British officials and humanitarians attempted through assimilation to save the Maori from destruction by the tide of European settlement."
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0802021174. 382 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Glossary. "My main purpose is to examine the nineteenth century antecedents of Maori-Pakeha relations, both in their ideology and with regard to the practical legal and administrative provisions relating to the Maori."-Preface. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; A Show of Justice: Racial "Amalgamation" in Nineteenth Century New Zealand Maori Maori-Pakeha Relations History.
