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Seen by many as the definitive book on Blackburn and its surrounding towns. It has been lovingly re-printed by Heritage Publications. The book details the old manor houses, its gentry as well as comprehensive information of Blackburn's surrounding towns and villages. Discover the archaeology of the district; the narrative of local transactions of the great Civil War, including important battles; memorials of men of public fame sprung from the Parish; and in illustrations of early domestic architecture in several of the areas fine old halls and mansions. A History of Blackburn, Town and Parish is a must for all who wish to discover Blackburn and its area.
European literary, artistic, and anthropological representation has long viewed the Pacific as the site of heterosexual pleasures. The received wisdom of these accounts is based on the idea of female bodies unrestrained by civilization. In a revisionist history of the Pacific zone and some of its preeminent Western imaginists, Lee Wallace suggests that the fantasy of the male body, rather than of the free-loving female, provides the underlying libidinal structure for many of the classic "encounter" narratives from Cook to Melville. The subject of Sexual Encounters is sexual fantasy, particularly male homoerotic fantasy found in the literature and art of South Sea exploration, colonization, a...
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This pioneering work examines the vast literature of travel that brought New Zealand into the newsstands, libraries and smoking rooms of nineteenth-century Europe and helped place it on the literary map while connecting the new colony to the interests of empire. Wevers's stimulating discussion also provides an oblique history of the young nation.
Stories Without End is a testament to nearly 40 years of groundbreaking historical research by one of New Zealand’s leading scholars. Sitting alongside her major works – including the 2010 Book of the Year, Encircled Lands – these essays explore sidepaths and previously unexamined histories. They notably delve into the lives of powerful early Māori figures, including the prophets Rua Kenana and Te Kooti, their wives and their descendants, and the leaders of the Urewera. Binney brings figures out of the shadows, explores place and revives memory, ensuring that the histories that matter do indeed become stories without end.