New Zealand's Burning — The Settlers' World in the Mid 1880s
Contents
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- [covers]
- [title page] p. 3
- Contents p. 5
- Illustrations p. 6
- Maps and Diagrams p. 8
- Tables p. 9
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Preface p. 10
- [section] p. 10
- Acknowledgements p. 11
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- Part One — Fire Storm Summer
- 1 — Moments of Crisis And Decision p. 15
- 2 — The Setting of the Pyre p. 22
- 3 — Hawke's Bay and the Seventy Mile Bush p. 38
- 4 — Taranaki and the Stratford Fire Storm p. 48
- 5 — Relief and Reconstruction: Hawke's Bay p. 67
- 6 — Relief and Reconstruction: Taranaki p. 75
- 7 — Wellington and Auckland Provinces p. 84
- 8 — The South Island p. 89
- 9 — Fire in the City p. 98
- Part Two — Anatomy of a Settler Society
- [introduction] p. 113
- 10 — Patterns p. 115
- 11 — Bush
- [section] p. 130
- The virgin forest harvest, 1885
- Case study—Canterbury and Little River p. 137
- Town, country and bush p. 140
- Case study—The Stratford fire losses p. 143
- The bush yeoman p. 150
- Wives and children p. 154
- Bush commons p. 156
- Edward Tregear's tribute p. 158
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12 — Country p. 159
- [section] p. 159
- Runholders and feldon yeomen
- Feldon yeoman districts p. 163
- Runholder districts p. 167
- Town, country and bush p. 170
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13 — Town p. 177
- [section] p. 177
- Nelson (1886 population 7,315)
- Wanganui (1886 population 4,901) p. 180
- New Plymouth (1886 population, 3,093) p. 183
- Rivals for the hinterland p. 184
- Hawera (1886 population 1,026) p. 186
- The Haweral New Plymouth rift, January 1886 p. 189
- The Lambton Quay fire, 29 December 1885 p. 191
- 14 — Sinews
- [section] p. 194
- The work of the railways
- Wellington's Port Nicholson, 1885 p. 199
- Wellington as ‘head’ port of the ‘Cook Strait Lake’ p. 201
- Wellington as the main interprovincial node p. 206
- The West Coast coal trade p. 208
- The roadless north and the kauri timber trade p. 210
- Overview of coastal shipping 1885 p. 212
- Roads, tracks and horses p. 214
- Case study—the roads and tracks of 1885 Taranaki p. 215
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15 — Nerves p. 220
- [section] p. 220
- The village and the globe?
- The ‘Our Own Correspondents’ p. 221
- The weeklies and their agricultural pages p. 227
- Travelling correspondents p. 230
- The New Zealand newspaper press p. 233
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16 — Fire p. 235
- [section] p. 235
- Customs and traditions of fire use p. 237
- The local bodies and fire control p. 239
- The fire insurance companies p. 242
- The fire brigades p. 243
- The United Fire Brigades' Association p. 245
- The Napier, New Plymouth and Hawera brigades p. 246
- The individual householder p. 248
- 17 — Leadership
- 18 — The Settler Society p. 278
- Part One — Fire Storm Summer
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- Appendices p. 285
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Notes & References p. 291
- Notes p. 291
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References p. 292
- Part One — Fire Storm Summer — 1 Moments of Crisis and Decision p. 292
- 2 The Setting of the Pyre
- 3 Hawke's Bay and the Seventy-Mile Bush
- 4 Taranaki and the Stratford Fire Storm
- 5 Relief and Reconstruction—Hawke's Bay p. 293
- 6 Relief and Reconstruction—Taranaki
- 7 Wellington and Auckland Province
- 8 The South Island
- 9 Fire in the City p. 294
- Part Two — Anatomy of a Settler Society
- 10 Patterns
- 11 Rush p. 295
- 12 Country p. 297
- 13 Town
- 14 Sinews p. 298
- 15 Nerves p. 299
- 16 Fire
- 17 Leadership p. 300
- 18 The Settlers' World p. 302
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Bibliography p. 303
- I Primary Sources p. 303
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II Secondary Sources p. 305
- F Books and pamphlets p. 305
- G Articles p. 307
- H Theses p. 308
- Subject Index p. 310
- Index of Names p. 316