Chiefs of industry; Maori tribal enterprise in early colonial New Zealand.9781869403768 Chiefs of industry; Maori tribal enterprise in early colonial New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Petrie, Hazel hazel, any plant of the genus Corylus of the family Betulaceae (birch family), shrubs or small trees with foliage similar to the related alders. They are often cultivated for ornament and for the edible nuts. . Auckland University Press 2006 336 pages $29.95 Paperback DU423 Petrie has taken her doctoral dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. in Maori Studies and turned it into an absorbing book on how Maori tribes adapted and, for a time, flourished, in early nineteenth century colonial society. Although their culture is one of communal property, the Maori managed as a group to build and run flour flour, finely ground, usually sifted, meal of grain, such as wheat, rye, corn, rice, or buckwheat. Flour is also made from potatoes, peas, beans, peanuts, etc. Usually it refers to the finely ground and bolted (i.e. mills in New Zealand as well as owning and running merchant ships. Despite efforts of missionaries to make them assimilate as·sim·i·late v. 1. To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion. 2. To transform food into living tissue by the process of anabolism. into European culture, the Maori managed to establish capitalist enterprises without giving up their belief system. The ultimate failure of their businesses in the eighteen sixties had more to do with changing technology and the lack of enough manpower to compete with the influx of colonists than with the Maori themselves. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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