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The writing of New Zealand history: A Kuhnian perspective

K. A. Pickens Wellington
Pages 384-398 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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  • Turnbull . 1950 . “ ‘The Colonization of New Zealand by the New Zealand Company 1839–1843’ ” . Oxford B. Litt. thesis This is a summary of the main conclusions of
  • Sinclair , K. 1959 . A History of New Zealand Harmondsworth
  • Herron , D. G. 1959 . ‘Alsatia or Utopia? New Zealand Society and Politics in the Eighteen‐Fifties’ . Landfall , Dec. : 324 – 41 . no. 52
  • Oliver , W. H. 1960 . The Story of New Zealand London
  • Mikesell , M. W. 1968 . “ ‘Comparative Studies in Frontier History’ ” . In Turner and the Sociology of the Frontier Edited by: Hofstadter , R. and Lipset , S. M. New York The pre‐1960's literature on the application of Turner's theory to other colonial societies is summarised by
  • Alexander , F. 1947 . Moving Frontiers Port Washington Among the more successful studies one can note
  • Allen , H. C. 1959 . Bush and Backwoods Michigan
  • Perry , T. M. 1963 . Australia's First Frontier Melbourne
  • Lombardi , M. 1975 . ‘The Frontier in Brazilian History’ . Pacific Historical Review , 44 ( 4 ) : 457
  • Boyd , M. 1961 . ‘Frontier and Tradition’ . Historical News , Aug : 8 – 9 . Notably by (University of Canterbury), no. 3
  • Phillips , N. C. 1959 . Landfall , 13 ( 2 ) : 181 – 5 . provides a more muted endorsement
  • Lipset , S. M. 1963 . The First New Nation: The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective New York
  • Sinclair . A History of New Zealand , 98
  • Hartz , L. 1955 . The Liberal Tradition in America New York
  • Hartz , L. 1964 . The Founding of New Societies New York Studies in the History of the United States, Latin America, South Africa, Canada, and Australia
  • Rosecrance , R. N. 1960 . ‘The Radical Tradition in Australia: An Interpretation’ . Review of Politics , 22 ( 1 ) : 115 – 32 . discusses the application of Hartz's ideas to Australian history
  • Martin , A. W. , McCarty , J. W. and Bolton , G. C. 1973 . Australian Economic History Review , 13 ( 2 ) More recent discussion is provided by
  • Holt , J. 1973 . ‘Louis Hartz's Fragment Thesis’ . New Zealand Journal of History , 7 ( 1 )
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  • Weir , R. M. 1969 . ‘The Harmony We were Famous for: An Interpretation of Pre‐Revolutionary South Carolina Politics’ . William and Mary Quarterly , 26 : 473 – 501 .
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  • Keim , C. R. 1968 . ‘Primogeniture and Entail in Colonial Virginia’ . William and Mary Quarterly , 25 : 545 – 86 .
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  • Hindle , B. 1946 . ‘The March of the Paxton Boys’ . William and Mary Quarterly , 3 : 461 – 87 .
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  • Lockridge , K. A. 1636–1736 . A New England Town The First Hundred Years Dedham, Massachusetts New York 1970
  • Lockridge , K. A. 1968 . ‘Land, Population and the Evolution of New England Society 1630–1790’ . Past and Present , April : 62 – 80 . no. 39
  • Murrin , J. M. 1966 . “ ‘Anglicizing an American Colony: The Transformation of Provincial Massachusetts’ ” . Yale Ph.D. thesis
  • Greven , P. J. 1970 . Four Generations: Population, Land, and the Family in Colonial Andover Ithact, Mass.
  • Boorstin , D. J. 1950 . The Americans: The Colonial Experience 1 New York
  • Rutman , D. R. 1965 . Winthrop's Boston: A Portrait of a Puritan Town, 1630–1649 Chapel Hill, N.C.
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  • 1958 . ‘From Organization to Society: Virginia in the Seventeeth Century’ . American Journal of Sociology , 63 ( 1 ) March : 457 – 75 .
  • Morgan , E. S. 1971 . ‘The Labour Problem at Jamestown, 1607–18’ . American Historical Review , 76 ( 3 ) June : 595 – 611 .
  • Sinclair . History of New Zealand , 94 contains several examples of these
  • Oliver . 1961 . Comment , Summer : 35 See, for example, David Hamer's review of
  • Sinclair . 1959 . Landfall , 13 ( 2 ) : 181 N. C. Phillips’ review of
  • Arnold , R. D. 1971 . “ ‘The Opening of the Great Bush, 1869–1881: A Social History of the Bush Settlements of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington’ ” . Wellington Ph.D. thesis
  • Chapman , R. and Sinclair , K. , eds. 1963 . “ ‘The Significance of “The Scarecrow Ministry” 1887–1891’ ” . In Studies of a Small Democracy 102 Auckland
  • Cocks , P. S. 1948 . “ ‘Early Canterbury in the light of Henry Sewell's Journal, 1853–1856’ ” . 226 Canterbury M.A. thesis
  • Butler , S. 1964 . A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Edited by: Brassington , A. C. and Maling , P. B. 115 Auckland
  • Sinclair . 1969 . A History of New Zealand 96 – 8 . Harmondsworth
  • Lipson , L. 1947 . The Politics of Equality 7 – 8 . Chicago
  • Tuttle , W. M. Jnr. 1967 . ‘Forerunners of Frederick Jackson Turner: Nineteenth‐Century British Conservatives and the Frontier Thesis’ . Agricultural History , 41 ( 3 ) : 219 – 27 .
  • Sinclair . A History of New Zealand , 94
  • Roth , H. 1973 . Trade Unions in New Zealand Past and Present 3 Wellington
  • Stewart , W. D. 1940 . William Rolleston: A New Zealand Statesman 10 Christchurch
  • Campbell , M. D. N. 1972 . “ ‘The Evolution of Hawke's Bay Landed Society 1850–1914’ ” . Wellington For an analysis of this development see, PhD. thesis
  • Bolton , G. C. 1968 . ‘The Idea of a Colonial Gentry’ . Historical Studies , 13 ( 1 ) Oct. : 307 – 28 .
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  • Burke . 1891 . Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry , appeared, it should be noted, in
  • Rosanowski , G. J. 1970 . ‘West Coast Railways and New Zealand Politics, 1878–1888’ . New Zealand Journal of History , 4 ( 1 ) April : 34 – 53 .
  • Paul , J. T. 1910 . Our Majority: Some Dark Shadows and Highlights of Industrial History 14 Dunedin
  • Reeves , W. P. 1923 . State Experiment in Australia and New Zealand vol. 2 , 27 – 33 . London
  • Woods , N. S. 1963 . Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration in New Zealand 23 Wellington
  • Clark , A. H. 1949 . The Invasion of New Zealand by People, Plants and Animals The South Island New Brunswick
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  • Gould , J. D. 1965 . ‘The Occupation of Farm Land in New Zealand, 1874–1911: A Preliminary Survey’ . Business Archives and History , 5 : 123 – 41 .
  • Cant , R. G. 1968 . ‘The Agricultural Frontier in Miniature. A Microstudy on the Canterbury Plains, 1850–75’ . New Zealand Geographer , 24 ( 2 ) Oct. : 155 – 67 .
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  • Oliver , W. H. 1969 . “ ‘Reeves, Sinclair and the Social Pattern’ ” . In The Feel of Truth: Essays in New Zealand and Pacific History Edited by: Munz , P. 163 – 78 . Wellington
  • Oliver , W. H. 1971 . Towards a New History? Dunedin
  • Shaffer , R. J. 1973 . “ ‘Woodville: Genesis of a Bush Frontier Community, 1874–87’ ” . Massey M.A. thesis
  • Elphick , J. 1974 . “ ‘Auckland 1870–74 A Social Portrait’ ” . Auckland M.A. thesis
  • Grigg , S. T. Eldred . 1974 . “ ‘The Landed Gentry of Lowlands Ashburton County, 1890–1896’ ” . Canterbury M.A. thesis
  • Pickens , K. A. 1976 . “ ‘Canterbury 1851–1881: Demography and Mobility, A Comparative Study’ ” . St. Louis : Washington University . Ph.D. thesis
  • Hartz . The Liberal Tradition , 28

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