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…
REVIEW ARTICLE: Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscapes
Janet Waymark, Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscapes, Frances Lincoln, London, 2009, pp.240, ISBN-13: 978 0 7112 2595 4 (hbk.). Walter Cook Janet Waymark’s account of Thomas Mawson’s life and…
REVIEW: No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders
John Andrews, No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders, Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, 2009, pp. 364, ISBN: 978 1 877517 082 (hbk.). Paul Star Before his…
REVIEW: The Painted Garden in New Zealand Art
Christopher Johnstone, The Painted Garden in New Zealand Art, Godwit, Auckland, 2008, pp. 272, ISBN: 978 1 86962 141 4 (hbk.). James Beattie Christopher Johnstone’s The Painted Garden in New…
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William Beinart and Lotte Hughes, Environment and Empire. The Oxford History of the British Empire: Companion Series. Oxford University Press, 2007. 395 pp., ISBN 978019956251. Charles Dawson In 2006, New…