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Author:

Rosenfeld, Jean Elizabeth, 1940-

Title:

The island broken in two halves : land and renewal movements among the Māori of New Zealand / Jean E. Rosenfeld.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Maori (New Zealand people)--Religion.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Land tenure.
Maori (New Zealand people)--Government relations.
Nativistic movements--New Zealand.
Millennialism--New Zealand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[295]-305) and index.

Contents:

Christianity and colonization: the Pakeha myth -- Myth and land -- Fatal impact versus positive adaptation -- Holding fast to the land -- "It all started at Waitara" -- Kotahitanga and the king movement -- Mana o te whenua: power over the land -- The descent into war -- Why the prophets rose up -- Korero -- Pai Marire: a complex creation -- Hauhau: the Pakeha view -- The shift in Maori leadership -- The symbolism of the center -- The language of Pai Marire -- Ringatu: problems of historiography -- Te Koot: Maui and moses -- Matawhero -- Raupatu: land confiscation -- Urerwera, people and forest -- The Ringatu Messiah: Rua Kenana -- Maungapohatu is the mountain, Rua is the man -- A Maori zion.

Series:

Hermeneutics, studies in the history of religions (University Park, Pa.)

ISBN:

9780271018522
0271018526

OCLC:

(OCoLC)39045227

LCCN:

98023951

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)