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000741412 1001_ $$aAshton, Jennifer,$$d1968-$$eauthor.
000741412 24510 $$aAt the margin of Empire :$$bJohn Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900 /$$cJennifer Ashton.
000741412 264_1 $$aAuckland, New Zealand :$$bAuckland University Press,$$c2015.
000741412 264_4 $$c©2015
000741412 300__ $$a257 pages :$$billustrations (some colour), map ;$$c23 cm
000741412 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000741412 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000741412 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000741412 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000741412 5050_ $$aThe making of an imperial man -- Hokianga and the river trade -- Among the Queen's people : the Northern War, 1845-1846 -- A voyage through the Pacific, 1848-1851 -- Hokianga's timber baron, 1855-1870 -- War and politics in the 1860s -- Hokianga old and new, 1870-1890 -- Unquiet retirement, 1880s-1900.
000741412 520__ $$a"Born in Scotland in 1818, John Webster came in New Zealand via Australia in 1841 after narrowly escaping death in the outback following a violent encounter with a group of Aboriginal men. He spent most of the rest of his life in the Hokianga region, carving out a fortune as the region's leading timber trader and cultivating connections with the leading political figures of the day. As he settled into this new home his life became intimately entwined with Māori. He fought alongside Tāmati Wāka Nene in the Northern War against Hōne Heke, married one of Nene's relatives and built up his kauri timber business through trade with local chiefs, but also awoke one day to find a plundering party had arrived on his front lawn. Webster was also engaged with Pākehā and the Crown - friends with Frederick Maning, visited by George Grey, Richard Seddon and others. Ashton takes us into Hokianga to reveal how the evolving intimate relationships and economic transactions of everyday life reflected larger shifts in colonial power. She argues that through his daily interactions, Webster helped slowly shift the balance of power in the North: the credit that he extended to his customers and kin saw them selling land to pay debts, helping push Māori into economic dependence"--Publisher information.
000741412 60010 $$aWebster, John,$$d1818-1912.
000741412 650_0 $$aColonists$$zNew Zealand$$zFar North District$$vBiography.
000741412 650_0 $$aMaori (New Zealand people)$$zNew Zealand$$zFar North District$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000741412 651_0 $$aFar North District (N.Z.)$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000741412 651_0 $$aFar North District (N.Z.)$$xRace relations$$xHistory$$y19th century.
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