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Histories of Maori : nga tahuhu korero Tahuhu korero xl, 400 p. : ill. (some col.), ports Contents: Introduction : land, culture and history interwoven / Danny Keenan -- Part 1. Love of their native place : pre-1800 -- Ancestral laws of Maori : continuities of land, people and history / E.T. Durie -- Kakariki, powhaitere : the beauty of the canoe traditions / Te Maire Tau -- Revisiting the natural world of the Maori / Mere Roberts -- The power of performance : the constancy of Maori expressional culture / Teurikore Biddle -- An active and functional language : te reo in the early contact period / Poia Rewi -- Part 2. Inveterate in their adherence : 1800-1900 -- Custom law and the advent of new Pakeha settlers : tuku whenua, allocation of resource use rights / Margaret Mutu -- Musket wars, migrations, new tribal alignments / Buddy Mikaera -- Separating them from that common influence : the dissolution of customary authority, 1840-1890 / Danny Keenan -- Ta te ao Maori : writing the Maori world / Bradford Haami -- Part 3. Take my faith to the mountain : 1900-2000 -- The future sons of Britain? : the dissolution of customary autonomy 1890-1918 / Danny Keenan -- Maori urban protest movements / Rawiri Taonui -- Maori health transitions 1960-1985 / Mason Durie -- New Maori politics, 1990s-2000s / Maria Bargh -- Part 4. Cherished for the mana they embody : 2000-2012 -- The fate of the customary language : te reo Maori, 1900 to the present / Hana O'Regan -- Custom and toi Maori / Jo Diamond -- Modern in a traditional way : the Maori search for cultural equilibrium in a saying, a song and a short story / Aroha Harris -- As for these blankets, burn them : Maori and indigeneity / Brendan Hokowhitu -- Epilogue : a taonga of history Summary: Collection of 17 essays from Maori scholars which cover customary law, ancestral law, the natural world, Maori urban protest, health, politics, and customary language and expression. (Publisher)