Sir Keith Sinclair - Bibliography

Historian and author, born in Auckland, New Zealand. He taught history at the University of Auckland (1947–86), and established New Zealand history as an object of scholarly study in its own right, rather than as a branch of British imperial history. Among his books are A History of New Zealand (1954) and Half Way Round the Harbour (1993).

Sir Keith Sinclair KBE (December 5, 1922—June 20, 1993) was a poet and noted historian of New Zealand.

Born and raised in Auckland, Sinclair was a student at Auckland University College, which was then part of the University of New Zealand. His next book, A History of New Zealand (1959), is still regarded as a classic in New Zealand history, considered a standard work on the subject.

In both his poetry and his work as a historian, Sinclair was a nationalist, in the sense that he was concerned with forging a national identity for New Zealand that was independent of its colonial origins.

In 2005, he was named one of New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers.

Bibliography

History

The Origins of the Maori Wars (1957) A History of New Zealand (1959) William Pember Reeves: New Zealand Fabian (1965) The Liberal Government, 1891–1912: First Steps Towards a Welfare State (1967) Walter Nash (1976) A Soldier's View of Empire: the Reminiscences of James Bodell (as editor) (1982) A Destiny Apart: New Zealand's Search for a National Identity (1986) The Oxford Illustrated History of New Zealand (as editor) (1990) Kinds of Peace: Maori People After the Wars, 1870-85 (1991) TVNZ Bateman New Zealand Encyclopaedia CD-ROM 2nd Edition

Poetry

Songs for a Summer and Other Poems (1952) Strangers or Beasts: Poems (1954) A Time to Embrace (1963) The Firewheel Tree (1973) Moontalk (1993)

Other

The Reefs of Fire (1977) -- a childrens' book.