Pioneer Chinese Market Gardener and Auckland Businessman[1] Lily Lee and Ruth Lam Chan Dah Chee 陈达枝, or Ah Chee as he was more commonly known,[2] was one of the most…
REVIEW: Seeds of Empire, The Environmental Transformation of New Zealand
Tom Brooking & Eric Pawson, Seeds of Empire, The Environmental Transformation of New Zealand, L.B. Tauris, London, New York, 2010, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1845 117979. David Young This is a…
REVIEW: Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border
Gavin McLean & Tim Shoebridge, Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border, Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2010, 192pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 82 7. Ondine Godtschalk In recent years, New…
REVIEW: Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand
Kristin Lammerting, photography by Ferdinand Graf von Luckner, Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand, Penguin Books: Auckland, 2010, 228pp. ISBN 9780670074785. Stuart Read This book looks great on first glance. If…
Conference Review: ‘Nature, Empire and Power’
Conference Review: ‘Nature, Empire and Power’, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 9-10 December Ruth Morgan In December 2010, scholars of environmental history, history of science, geography, and literature convened at the University…
XV International Conference of Historical Geographers
The 15th International Conference of Historical Geographers will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. August 6th to 10th, 2012, Charles University. Open to all historical geographers and scholars using historical…