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viii, 284 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. First encounters -- 3. Strangers landing in strange lands -- 4. On the middle ground -- 5. Trading relationships : the commercial frontier -- 6. Sex on the frontier -- 7. Subverting conversion? : religious encounters -- 8. The political world of Aotearoa before 1840 -- 9. The impact of cultural encounter on the New Zealand frontier -- 10. The end of the middle ground Summary: An examination of relationships between Maori and Pakeha focusing predominantly on the period between 1814 and 1840 when, O'Malley argues, both peoples lived / inhabited a 'middle ground'... in which neither could dictate the political, economic or cultural rules. (Publisher)