HISTORY 107

Rethinking New Zealand History


Please note: this is archived course information from 2015 for HISTORY 107.

Description

An up to date introduction to New Zealand's past emphasising the contested and contestable turning points that define its history. A broad range of nineteenth-century and twentieth-century topics will be canvassed using interpretations that give fresh insight into our political, economic, social and cultural history.

Availability 2015

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s)  Melissa Williams

Recommended Reading

James Belich, Making Peoples: A History of the New Zealanders: from Polynesian Settlement to the end of the Nineteenth Century, Auckland, 1996.

James Belich, Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders from the 1880s to the Year 2000, Auckland, 2001.

Michael King, The Penguin History of New Zealand, Auckland, 2003.

Ranginui Walker, Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou: Struggle Without End, rev. ed, Auckland, 2004.

Philippa Mein Smith, A Concise History of New Zealand,  Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Victoria, 2011.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

HISTORY 107: 15 points

Restrictions

HISTORY 122, 123