Quest for Origins
By (Author) Kerry Howe
Penguin Group (NZ)
Penguin Books (NZ)
7th January 2008
New Zealand
General
Non Fiction
Geographical discovery and exploration
994.01
Paperback
240
Width 136mm, Height 195mm, Spine 17mm
228g
In this provocative and fascinating book Professor Kerry Howe traces dozens of explanations and theories of both pre-Maori and pre-European settlement and assesses each one. At the same time he places them in their intellectual, historical and cultural context. The book uses maps and illustrations and scholarly research but is carefully written for a general lay audience and is not an academic book.
Professor of history at Massey University at Albany. Internationally recognised expert on the history of the Pacific, and widely published.