Ebook: Chiefs of Industry: Maori Tribal Enterprise in Early Colonial New Zealand

Chiefs of Industry is the first book to explore the entrepreneurial activity of Maori in the early colonial period. It focuses on two industries, coastal shipping and flourmilling, where Maori were spectacularly successful in the 1840s and 1850s? the?golden age' of Maori enterprise. Historian Hazel Petrie shows how quickly and effectively Maori society adapted to accommodate and develop such capital-intensive investments, harnessing tribal ownership, existing skills and a keen eye for commercial advantage. She also charts the sudden decline of Maori economic success by the 1860s, as ma.;Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Table of Contents; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 : Chiefly Leadership and Pre-Contact Trade; CHAPTER 2 : Early Cross-Cultural exchanges in Context; CHAPTER 3 : The Expansion of Foreign Trade and its Implications; CHAPTER 4 : 'Saving' the Maori; CHAPTER 5 : Influences on Maori Commercial Directions; CHAPTER 6 : The why and How of Sailing Ships and Flourmills; CHAPTER 7 : Management and Operation; CHAPTER 8 : The Social Hierarchy and Ownership Rights in Transition.