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001 2014455188
003 DLC
005 20150822094647.0
008 150414t20152015nz ab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2014455188
020 $a9781869408251
020 $a186940825X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn903363759
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050 00 $aDU430.H57$bA74 2015
082 04 $a993.1302$223
100 1 $aAshton, Jennifer,$d1968-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAt the margin of Empire :$bJohn Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900 /$cJennifer Ashton.
264 1 $aAuckland, New Zealand :$bAuckland University Press,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $a257 pages :$billustrations (some colour), map ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Born in Scotland in 1818, John Webster came in New Zealand via Australia in 1841 after narrowly escaping death in the outback following a violent encounter with a group of Aboriginal men. He spent most of the rest of his life in the Hokianga region, carving out a fortune as the region's leading timber trader and cultivating connections with the leading political figures of the day. As he settled into this new home his life became intimately entwined with Māori. He fought alongside Tāmati Wāka Nene in the Northern War against Hōne Heke, married one of Nene's relatives and built up his kauri timber business through trade with local chiefs, but also awoke one day to find a plundering party had arrived on his front lawn. Webster was also engaged with Pākehā and the Crown - friends with Frederick Maning, visited by George Grey, Richard Seddon and others. Ashton takes us into Hokianga to reveal how the evolving intimate relationships and economic transactions of everyday life reflected larger shifts in colonial power. She argues that through his daily interactions, Webster helped slowly shift the balance of power in the North: the credit that he extended to his customers and kin saw them selling land to pay debts, helping push Māori into economic dependence"--Publisher information.
600 10 $aWebster, John,$d1818-1912.
650 0 $aColonists$zNew Zealand$zFar North District$vBiography.
650 0 $aMaori (New Zealand people)$zNew Zealand$zFar North District$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aFar North District (N.Z.)$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aFar North District (N.Z.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2014455188-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2014455188-d.html