Two Worlds
Download or Read eBook Two Worlds PDF written by Anne Salmond and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Anne Salmond |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 488 |
| Release | : 1992-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0824817656 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824817657 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Two Worlds by : Anne Salmond
Book excerpt: Two Worlds is a penetrating rethinking of that view. Drawing on local tribal knowledge as well as European accounts, Anne Salmond shows those first meetings in a new light. Both Maori and European protagonists were active, all fully human, following their own practical, political and mythological agendas, 'quite unlike those of their modern-day descendants in many ways'. The result is a work of trail-blazing significance in which many popular misconceptions and bigotries to do with common perceptions of traditional Maori society are revealed. It also opens up new possibilities in the international study of European exploration and 'discovery'.
