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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. John A Lee was a man of many parts and roles. From a poor background, a toubled later chilhood, swagger, WWI soldier where he lost an arm, Socialst, prominant Labour politician, but controversially left out of Cabinent in the first Labour Government of 1935. He was author of several books highlighting the plight of the poor. Although not a Minister, he was influential in advancing NZ's massive State Housing programme and in warning of the country's inadequate defence foreces as international tensions rose before WWII. Controversial, charismatic, caring and stubbon Lee fell from favour within the Labour Party and lost his seat in 1943. He remained a respected and influential figure in NZ. The author received full co-operation from Lee in preparung this biography and noted that: "Without his generaous acceptance of my right to reach my own conclusions the biography would have been impossible." First edition on 1977. 223 pages including bibliography and index, 29 b/w illustrations, mainly photos with few cartoons.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. pp. 176.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos & colour paintings. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AJC; HBJM; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 271 x 15. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2014. Paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiv (2p) 270p D-J (fading spine, rubbing, closed tear back, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards Owner's details FEP With maps and illustrations, a major restudy of Otago's past, concentrating on what has made Otago what it is.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Worn. Sun fading along spine and covers, and on inside first page. Otherwise good condition.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos & colour paintings. BIC Classification: 1MBN; AJC; HBJM; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 271 x 15. Weight in Grams: 608. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 223 pages. Dj ripped adn wornIncludes index. Bibliography note: Bibliography: p. [213]-216.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Heavy. Cover faded. 366 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good copy in a dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Mild chipping to DJ spine ends & corners. Illustrated with colour plates, black and white photographs and black & white drawings. Several black & white maps. 270 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Soft Covers. Condition: Good. None. First Edition. 23 cm, 317 pp, 317 pp, b&w photo illus, soft covers. Tidy library-cancelled copy, which has seen little use.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 223 pages. Advance copy in plain red cover. Writing on cover and ffep.

Condition: New. pp. 176.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Ex-library. Super Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: New. pp. 176.

Soft Covers. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. This history covers a dramatic century for NZ, its original inhabitants and the arriving European settlers. At the time it opens there had been very little contact between Maori and Euopean, but this was to change very rapidly with the newcomers well established by 1840. The book begins with a reconstruction of pre-European Maori society, then follows the colonial, political, military developments, and the interaction between the two races. Land issues, which led to conflict, are studied, as are the factors that quickly changed NZ to a European style society. All aspects of this development are covered in the imposing text on the country's formative first 100 years. First printed 1989 with this reprint the following year. 433 pages including bibliography, index, art. photos, maps, graphs ect throughout. Card covers generally VG although front is creased on lower corner, few other creases, few marks and light edgewear, light wear to spine top. Text block is generally VG but there is underlining in ink and pencil with margin marks. This is mostly at the front of the text. No other inscriptions. Art, Photos, Maps, Graphs Etc (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A good tidy copy with some light spine creasing. This book is a visual and narrative history of two communities, Māori and Pākehā, during a hundred years of settlement in New Zealand. It reveals how the two cultures saw their history through very different eyes: for Pākehā, it was a story of establishing an 'English island' in the Pacific; for Māori, a tale of loss and exclusion. But by setting out these conflicting understandings of the past, the book also seeks to bridge cultural differences through the sharing of knowledge. Written by three leading historians and lavishly illustrated, it is a stunning presentation of New Zealand's history.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xiv (2p) 270p D-J Paper over boards Signed by the author, with maps and illustrations, a major restudy of Otago's past, concentrating on what has made Otago what it is. Signed by Author(s).

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condition: New. For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. From the publisher's blurb, "Six essays based on the work of the Caversham Project at the University of Otago and New Zealand Census data, and analysing the occupational structure in New Zealand from 1893 to 1938 to examine social change and its impetus during the formative years of the nation's early economy." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [9], 10-317 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Scarce in the trade. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Replete with tables and figures. From the publisher's blurb, "An Accidental Utopia? investigates a more egalitarian past at a time when New Zealand ranks fourth in the developed world for social inequality. It is our first systematic analysis of urban social structure, focusing on three major forms of mobility?marital, work life, and intergenerational. This enables it to identify the distinctive forms taken by the capitalist class structure in urban New Zealand during a formative historical period, 1890?1940. By placing the analysis deep within a particular community?one of the two most densely settled urban areas at the time?the book also demonstrates how colonists and their children made class less central to social organization than it had been in Britain and also how people created a class-based politics to protect and advance equality. The intimate account of political change across the period reinstates the importance of contextual analysis, showing the need to analyze the social and political together in order to explain Liberal decline and the rise of Labour. In a comparative discussion, the authors demonstrate the importance of size and scale not only to this topic but to sociology and history in general, as these helped to make southern Dunedin critical in creating New Zealand as one of the world's most egalitarian societies. While class is their central focus, the authors also show how religious and ethnic divisions were rendered more marginal than in urban Britain or the US. The final chapter asks to what extent the remarkably fluid social patterns identified resulted from deliberate choices made by the first settlers and their descendants. By interweaving class and culture, structure and agency, the authors provide new insights into the making of modern New Zealand." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [7], 8-332 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. None. 27.5 cm, 167 pp, b&w (and a few colour) photo illus, soft covers. A heavy book - overseas buyers please ask for a freight quote.