TY - BOOK AU - Schrader,Ben TI - The big smoke: New Zealand cities, 1840-1920 SN - 9780947492434 U1 - 307.760993 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Wellington, New Zealand PB - Bridget Williams Books KW - Cities and towns KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - City and town life N1 - National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) record; Includes bibliographical references; 1; Building Towns, Selling Cities --; 2; Towns Becoming Cities --; 3; Social and Cultural Life --; 4; Maori and the City --; 5; City Crowds --; 6; Street People --; 7; Creating Healthy Cities --; 8; Backlash Against the City N2 - "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 ER -