Chiefs of industry : Māori tribal enterprise in early colonial New Zealand / Hazel Petrie.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2006.Whakaahuatanga: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781869403768 (paperback)
- 1869403762 (paperback)
- 381.08999442 22
- DU423.E3 P48 2006
- Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2007 Finalist.
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tau tārua | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Māoritanga | Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Māoritanga | 381.0899 PETR (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | 1 | Wātea | I2055544 |
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describes how their economic success declined suddenly from 1856 when the produce market collapsed, sailing ships were superseded by steam, and Maori ways were overwhelmed by a rapidly increasing and individualistic Pakeha population."--Jacket.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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