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The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: 1941-1960
Author: Going Public
Author: Bronwyn DalleyPublisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 9781869402266
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This is a collection of essays in the rapidly growing field of public history. The essays are short think-pieces by leading writers and scholars, which explore the connections between specific aspects of public history and the broader field of New Zealand history in general and show some new and challenging ways of looking at the past. The contributions cover new media, academic vs public history, the Waitangi Tribunal, Treaty claims research, official war history, government history, the origins of public history, museums, heritage, freelance research and writing, public history in popular culture, and state-funded reference histories.
Kiwi Keith
Author: Barry GustafsonPublisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775581039
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The definitive life story of New Zealand Prime Minister &“Kiwi&” Keith Holyoake is revealed in this deftly composed exploration of how one man was able to weather complex changes in society to stay in power for more than 11 years. Through his leadership in the 1960s to his position as Governor General in the late 1970s, Holyoake was often derided as pompous and unprincipled, but this biography demonstrates the astute understanding of people and political issues that allowed him to defuse division and preserve order while encouraging gradual and incremental progress. Holyoake's performance as Minister of Foreign Affairs is also examined, including his opposition to nuclear testing and his reluctant commitment to assisting the United States in Vietnam.
Wellington Cathedral of S Paul
Author: Michael BlainPublisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864734280
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
‘True Biographies of Nations?’
Author: Karen FoxPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760462756
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book brings together practitioners from around the English‑speaking world to reflect on national biographical dictionary projects’ recent cultural journeys, and the challenges presented to them by such developments as the transition to a digital environment, a new alertness to the need to represent diversity, and the rise of transnationalism. Exploring their paths forward, the chapters of this book collectively make a powerful argument for the continued value and importance of large‑scale collaborative biographical dictionary research.
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: 1941-1960
Author: The ADB's Story
Author: Melanie NolanPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1925021203
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
THE ADB'S STORY is a detailed history of the eminent publication THE AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Published as part of the ANU Lives series, the National Centre of Biography has produced this comprehensive profile of the ADB's origins, processes and people. Edited by Melanie Nolan and Christine Fernon, this is a fantastic book for scholars of Australian history and biography.
Taking the crime out of sex work
Author: Abel, GillianPublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847423353
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
New Zealand was the first country in the world to decriminalise all sectors of sex work. This book provides an in-depth look at New Zealand's experience of decriminalisation. It provides first-hand views and experiences of this policy from the point of view of those involved in the sex industry, as well as people involved in developing, implementing, researching and reviewing the policies. Presenting an example of radical legal reform in an area of current policy debate it will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates as well as policy makers and activists.
A Press Achieved
Author: Dennis McEldowneyPublisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775580067
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Written by a former managing editor who is also a distinguished writer, this book charts the origins of the Auckland University Press up to its formal recognition in 1972. It provides a valuable document in the history of the book in New Zealand, an intriguing view of university politics and administration, and glimpses of New Zealand culture in the making.
Capitalist Networks and Social Power in Australia and New Zealand
Author: Georgina MurrayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351953443
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
It is often asserted that the ruling elite in Western capitalist economies now consists of liberal intellectuals and their media sympathisers. By contrast this book looks at the real elite in Australian and New Zealand society and shows that there is still a ruling class based upon economic dominance. From an analysis of corporate and public records, interviews, and other primary and secondary data, it develops a picture of networks of power that are changing but are as real as any network in the past.
