Author: RICHARDSON LEN & MCINTYRE W D
Title: Provincial Perspectives essays in honour of W J Gardner
Description: Christchurch, University of Canterbury. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0900392266) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. near fine in same DW. Seven essays on the New Zealand provinces in the early days. Titles; Jim Gardner a tribute / Auckland's political opposition in the crown colony period / Slavaging the Canterbury plan; Henry Sewell and the founding of Canterbury / Samuel Butler; exploration and imagination / 'The beauty and fashion of the province'; women of the landed gentry of Canterbury 1880-1910 / Gold Rushes of the Pacific borderlands;a comparative survey by Philip Ross May / Class, community and conflict; the Blackball miners union 1920-31. 149pp. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: New Zealand Colonial Canterbury Gold Mining Rush Blackball South Island History Regional Provincial 0900392266


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