by Alexander Calder (Editor), F . E . Maning (Author)
In this work, a "pakeha Maori" trader looks back to "the good old times before Governors were invented, and law, and justice, and all that". It is a construction of Maori life and customs, most notibly of "tapu" (taboo). There is also a selection of Maning's unpublished letters.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Published: 05 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0718501969
ISBN 13: 9780718501969