Remaking the Tasman World explores New Zealand’s most important and extensive relationship – with Australia – on a variety of levels over the past century. The authors present a combined narrative about a ‘Tasman world’, a working region defined by a history of traffic in ideas, policies, objects and people. This wide-ranging, fresh analysis focuses on myriad ‘communities of interest’ that have spanned the Tasman Sea for over a hundred years, yet have largely been ignored by national histories. The concept of Australasia – the British world south of Asia – may have become old hat, but a Tasman world still operated, and in an increasing rush from the 1960s. From early maps of Australasia to accounts of shared state experiments, of a trans-Tasman business world, sport and Anzac bonds, the authors unearth a common past and reorder it in a history infused with wit and insight. They also look forward, envisioning a fresh start for a trans-Tasman community facing the 21st century.

Item Type:	Authored Research Book
Research Division:	History and Archaeology
Research Group:	Historical Studies
Research Field:	New Zealand History
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
Author:	Mein Smith, PL (Professor Philippa Mein Smith)
ID Code:	86314
Year Published:	2008
Deposited By:	Humanities
Deposited On:	2013-09-05
Last Modified:	2014-10-31
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