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Chiefs of industry : Māori tribal enterprise in early colonial New Zealand / Hazel Petrie.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2006.Whakaahuatanga: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781869403768 (paperback)
  • 1869403762 (paperback)
Ngā marau: DDC classification:
  • 381.08999442 22
LOC classification:
  • DU423.E3 P48 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- 7. Management and operation -- 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- 10. The context of change -- 11. So what went wrong? -- 12. Maori responses -- 13. Looking back.
Ch. 1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- Ch. 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- Ch. 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- Ch. 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- Ch. 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- Ch. 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- Ch. 7. Management and operation -- Ch. 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- Ch. 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- Ch. 10. The context of change -- Ch. 11. So what went wrong? -- Ch. 12. Maori responses -- Ch. 13. Looking back.
Awards:
  • Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2007 Finalist.
Review: "Chiefs of industry explores Maori entrepreneurial activity in the early colonial period. Focusing on coastal shipping and flourmilling, which were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s, it shows how quickly and effectively Maori adapted to accommodate and develop capital-intensive investments and how chiefly entrepreneurs harnessed tribal resources and existing skills, with a keen eye for commercial advantage. It also describes how their economic success declined suddenly from 1856 when the produce market collapsed, sailing ships were superseded by steam, and Maori ways were overwhelmed by a rapidly increasing and individualistic Pakeha population."--Jacket.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index.

1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- 7. Management and operation -- 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- 10. The context of change -- 11. So what went wrong? -- 12. Maori responses -- 13. Looking back.

Ch. 1. Chiefly leadership and pre-contact trade -- Ch. 2. Early cross-cultural exchanges in context -- Ch. 3. The expansion of foreign trade and its implications -- Ch. 4. 'Saving' the Maori -- Ch. 5. Influences on Maori commercial directions -- Ch. 6. The why and how of sailing ships and flourmills -- Ch. 7. Management and operation -- Ch. 8. The social hierarchy and ownership rights in transition -- Ch. 9. Co-operation, contracts, and changes in Maori commercial law -- Ch. 10. The context of change -- Ch. 11. So what went wrong? -- Ch. 12. Maori responses -- Ch. 13. Looking back.

"Chiefs of industry explores Maori entrepreneurial activity in the early colonial period. Focusing on coastal shipping and flourmilling, which were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s, it shows how quickly and effectively Maori adapted to accommodate and develop capital-intensive investments and how chiefly entrepreneurs harnessed tribal resources and existing skills, with a keen eye for commercial advantage. It also describes how their economic success declined suddenly from 1856 when the produce market collapsed, sailing ships were superseded by steam, and Maori ways were overwhelmed by a rapidly increasing and individualistic Pakeha population."--Jacket.

Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2007 Finalist.

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