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The long and the short of it, Jock Phillips

Posted on May 28, 2017 by NZ Books

A Peculiar Gentleman: George Rusden – A Life
John O’Leary
Australian Scholarly, $50.00,
ISBN 9781925333404

The World, the Flesh and the Devil: The Life and Opinions of Samuel Marsden in England and the Antipodes, 1765-1838
Andrew Sharp
Auckland University Press, $75.00,
ISBN 9781869408121

There are many similarities between these two books. Both are biographies, both are well-written, intelligent works, and both treat subjects with unusual ideas about race relations. More significantly, both books concern men, Samuel Marsden, missionary, and George Rusden, historian, who were English-born, but spent much of their lives near Sydney (before Rusden moved to Melbourne), and then achieved their greatest fame and influence through an involvement with New Zealand.

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Auckland University Press, Australian Scholarly, George Rusden, Issue 118, Jock Phillips, John O’Leary, Samuel Marsden, Winter 2017
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

Standing to reason, Denis Welch

Posted on December 1, 2005 by NZ Books

To Build a Nation: Collected Writings 1975-1999 Bruce Jesson (ed Andrew Sharp) Penguin, $35.00, ISBN 0143020528 New Rights New Zealand: Myths, Moralities and Markets Dolores Janiewski and Paul Morris Auckland University Press, $34.99, ISBN 1869403452 I first saw Bruce Jesson…

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Auckland University Press, Bruce Jesson, Denis Welch, Dolores Janiewski, Issue 72, Paul Morris, Penguin, Summer 2005
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Strong constitutions, Andrew Sharp

Posted on June 1, 2002 by NZ Books

Constitutional Conversations: Geoffrey Palmer Talks to Kim Hill on National Radio 1994-2001 Geoffrey Palmer Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 086473445X On the Left: Essays on Socialism in New Zealand ed Pat Moloney and Kerry Taylor University of Otago Press, $39.95,…

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Geoffrey Palmer, Issue 58, Kerry Taylor, Otago University Press, Pat Moloney, Victoria University Press, Winter 2002
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Argument without end, Michael King

Posted on March 1, 2001 by NZ Books

The Shaping of History: Essays from The New Zealand Journal of History ed Judith Binney Bridget Williams Books, $49.95, ISBN 1877242179 Histories, Power and Loss: Uses of the Past – a New Zealand Commentary ed Andrew Sharp and Paul McHugh…

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Autumn 2001, Bain Attwood, Bridget Williams Books, Fiona Magowan, Issue 53, Judith Binney, Michael King, Paul McHugh
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Muddle and fudge, W H Oliver

Posted on June 5, 1998 by NZ Books

Trick or Treaty? Douglas Graham Institute of Policy Studies $22.00 ISBN 0908935 24 2 Justice and the Maori: the philosophy and practice of Maori claims in New Zealand since the 1970s Andrew Sharp 2nd ed, Oxford University Press $45.00 ISBN…

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Douglas Graham, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 33, Oxford University Press, W H Oliver
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

The need for success, Sir Geoffrey Palmer

Posted on August 27, 1994 by NZ Books

Leap Into The Dark – The Changing Role of the State in New Zealand Since 1984 Andrew Sharp (ed) Auckland University Press, $34.95 One of the depressing features of New Zealand is the lack of sustained intellectual policy debate on…

Tagged with: Andrew Sharp, Auckland University Press, Issue 14, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Winter 1994
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review