The big smoke : New Zealand cities, 1840-1920 /
Ben Schrader.
- 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Building Towns, Selling Cities -- Towns Becoming Cities -- Social and Cultural Life -- Maori and the City -- City Crowds -- Street People -- Creating Healthy Cities -- Backlash Against the City. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
"Explores such questions as: what did cities look like and how did they change; why were women especially drawn to live in cities; in what ways did Māori experience and shape cities; how far was the street a living room and stage for city life; and why did New Zealand so quickly became a nation of townspeople?"--Publisher information.
9780947492434 0947492437
Cities and towns--History--New Zealand City and town life--History--New Zealand