No idle rich : the wealthy in Canterbury and Otago 1840-1914 / Jim McAloon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAloon, Jim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wealth--New Zealand--Canterbury Region--History.

Wealth.

Wealth--New Zealand--Otago Region--History.

Landowners--New Zealand--Canterbury Region--History.

Landowners.

Landowners--New Zealand--Otago Region--History.

Gentry--New Zealand--Canterbury Region--History.

Gentry.

Gentry--New Zealand--Otago Region--History.

History.

Canterbury (N.Z.)--Social conditions.

Canterbury (N.Z.).

Otago (N.Z.)--Social conditions.

Otago (N.Z.).

New Zealand--Otago.

New Zealand--Canterbury.

Physical Description:

230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2002.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Wealth, Class, Power: Concepts and Frameworks 13

Chapter 2 'Wealthy and Respectable': Agricultural and Pastoral Businessmen 29

Chapter 3 'Perseverance, business ability, and probity': the World of Urban Wealth 55

Chapter 4 'The partnership of husband and wife'? Wealth and the Colonial Family 75

Chapter 5 'The democratic tendency of the present times': Wealth and Politics, 1853-1914 95

Chapter 6 'A sort of vindictive legislation which is to be deplored'? The Wealthy and Closer Settlement, 1891-1912 125

Chapter 7 'I have done fully my part in improving the whole of the District': Wealth and Local Influence 143

Chapter 8 'When he dies his most flattering requiem would be he left a lot of money': Conclusions and Implications 171.

Notes:

"A much expanded version of the doctoral thesis which I presented at the University of Otago in 1993"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

ISBN:

1877276235

OCLC:

50851891