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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 May 2012
      24 November 2011
      ISBN:
      9781139108362
      9781108039543
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139108362
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      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 406 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
      Subjects:
      Historical Geography, History, Australian History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
    Subjects:
    Historical Geography, History, Australian History
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    Arthur S. Thomson (1816–60) was a Scottish military surgeon and medical scientist who was posted to New Zealand in the late 1840s. During his eleven years in the country, settlement increased and British sovereignty over the colony was extended. Thomson felt that previous historical accounts of New Zealand all demonstrated a certain political, colonial or religious bias, and decided to write his own comprehensive history of the islands, which was published in 1859. In Volume 2, Thomson continues the story of European discovery and settlement. He justifies the progress of British colonisation by arguing that it brought civilisation to the native people, fully supporting the introduction of English (property) law and the introduction of Christianity. Thomson advocates that the Maoris be taught English, as this is the only way to give them hope that they can 'rise above the hewers of wood and drawers of water'.

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