Best of Both Worlds: the Story of Elsdon Best And Tutakangahau by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

In 1895 a meeting took place in the rugged Urewera ranges - Tuhoe country - that would have lasting effects on our views of traditional Maori society. Elsdon Best, a self-taught anthropologist and quartermaster on the road past Lake Waikaremoana, was sought out by a leading Tuhoe chief, Tutakangahau of Maungapohatu. The stories he gave to Best to be recorded for future generations are with us today. Best went on to become a noted Pakeha authority on a people he would style as the last of 'the oldtime Maori'. How much did the old man tell him? Was it freely given? Can Best's writings - so pervasive today in our understanding of Maori culture - be truly relied upon? In his unique examination of this historically significant relationship, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman poses such searching questions, further informing a vital national debate on the shared identity - and destiny - of Maori and Pakeha.

Publisher:	Penguin Group New Zealand, Limited
Year:	2010
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780143008422
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	Minimal wear to cover.

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SKU: 1595858
Location: Maori