The Ideal Society and Its Enemies

Download or read book The Ideal Society and Its Enemies written by Miles Fairburn and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this challenging and provocative study of the nature of settler society in 19th-century New Zealand, Fairburn focuses on the lives of the common people and presents a rigorous and original description of the place and time which is radically different from those of previous historians. An important book that will have a major impact on our understanding of New Zealand's past, it is also a significant contribution to the study of new societies.