Tom Brooking
Author of Richard Seddon: King of God's Own
About the Author
Tom Brooking specializes in New Zealand and comparative rural and environmental history. New Zealand political history and the historical links between New Zealand and Scotland. This research has focused upon environmental transformation and the role of colonising peoples in that process, show more especially farming and its economic and environmental impacts. He has published seven books by himself and co-authored two others. His three most recent books are Making a New Land Environmental Histories of New Zealand, Unpacking the Kists:The Scots in New Zealand and Richard Seddon: King of God's Own which made the New Zealand Best Seller List in 2015. This last title also won the 2015 Ernest Scott Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Tom Brooking
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1949
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Massey University
- Occupations
- professor of history
- Organizations
- University of Otago
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birthplace
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Places of residence
- Dunedin, New Zealand
- Associated Place (for map)
- New Zealand
Members
Reviews
Would have given three stars due to the dry writing style of the author, but i appreciate the detail with which he wrote. The author focused the book extensively on Seddon's relations with the indigenous people of New Zealand more than to my liking. The author also seems to be writing primarily for readers from New Zealand as he gave little background on New Zealand's political situation, making it difficult for readers like me who do not come from New Zealand to understand certain portions show more of the book without resorting to Google. show less
Awards
Statistics
- Works
- 9
- Members
- 54
- Popularity
- #299,229
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 14