The village transformed : aspects of change in New Zealand, 1900-1990 / M.H. Holcroft.

By:

Holcroft, M. H. (Montague Harry), 1902-1993 [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : Victoria University Press, 1990Description: 168 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0864732104
9780864732101

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Village transformed.DDC classification:

303.40993 20
993.03 20

LOC classification:

DU420.26 .H65 1990

Contents:

The seeding time -- Society and sex -- A display of plumage -- At the roots of violence -- The labour mutation -- When the flags came down -- The money scramble -- In accordance with the Treaty -- Adversarial postures -- The way the world is going.

Summary: ""The purpose of this book" writes M. H. Holcroft, "is to examine changes in New Zealand life during the twentieth century" Drawing on nearly ninety years living in, and closely observing New Zealand, Holcroft examines in ten chapters a number of the areas in which change has been particularly felt -- amongst them: sexual mores; crime, violence and punishment; dress codes; race relations; restructuring in the Public Service; the "adversarial" tendency in New Zealand society ..." -- Back cover.

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""The purpose of this book" writes M. H. Holcroft, "is to examine changes in New Zealand life during the twentieth century" Drawing on nearly ninety years living in, and closely observing New Zealand, Holcroft examines in ten chapters a number of the areas in which change has been particularly felt -- amongst them: sexual mores; crime, violence and punishment; dress codes; race relations; restructuring in the Public Service; the "adversarial" tendency in New Zealand society ..." -- Back cover.

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