books by Philippa Mein-Smith (blackwell pacific concise)

books by Philippa Mein-Smith

books:

A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Donald/ Mein Smith, Philippa/ Wyndham, Marivic Denoon

John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific (Blackwell History of the World)

3 reviews
Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, ...

Blackwell Publishers, 2000

A History of Australia, NZ and the (South) Pacific
Readers may be interested in the favourable reviews in: Australian Historical Studies, 117, 2001, pp.373-4; Journal of Pacific History, 36:2, 2001, pp.2635-6; Times Higher Education Supplement, 2 March 2001; Pacific Affairs, 74:4, Winter 2001/2002, pp.629-30; English Historical Review, 116, Sep 2001, p.981; Australian Economic History Review, 41:2, pp.215-16; NZ Journal of History, pp.217-18.

A Concise History of New Zealand (Cambridge Concise Histories)

1 review
Philippa Mein Smith

Cambridge University Press, 2005

A Little Too Cut and Dry For My Taste
A Concise History of New Zealand is exactly that -- concise. It is an "easy read". The author covers all bases on the history of the human settlement of the archipelago. However, I find Philippa Mein Smith's writing style a bit too cut and dry for my tastes. Certainly, it is not riveting reading as in the case of "The Fatal Shore" the excellent history of the settling of Australia.