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Changing times : New Zealand since 1945 / Jenny Carlyon & Diana Morrow.
Van Pelt Library DU420.32 .C375 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlyon, Jenny, 1951- author.
- Morrow, Diana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic conditions.
- Social conditions.
- New Zealand--History--1945-1984.
- New Zealand.
- History.
- New Zealand--History--1984-.
- New Zealand--Social conditions--20th century.
- New Zealand--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 520 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : Auckland University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Pirates in the Hauraki Gulf and jet planes landing at Mangere, pub liberations and post office protests, kohanga reo and earless days: Changing Times is a history of New Zealand since 1945. From a post-war society famous for dull conformity, this country has become one of the most ethnically, economically and socially diverse nations on earth. But how did we get from Nagasaki to nuclear-free? Why did we give up state control and embrace free-market ideology with such passion? What led us to abandon the six o'clock swill and become a land of lattes? Changing Times is a dramatic account of the transformation of New Zealand life - a resonant reminder for all who lived through these turbulent times and essential reading for a younger generation who did not. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 On an Even Keel? Peace, Prosperity, Consensus 6
- 2 Loosening the Bonds: New Friends, New Enemies 44
- 3 Creating New Zealand: Culture and Character 73
- 4 Leisure and Popular Pastimes: Unsettling Influences 111
- 5 In Ferment: Contested and Protested Values 150
- 6 Schisms: A Society Divided 183
- 7 Feminism and Gay Rights: Liberation and its Legacy 211
- 8 Race Relations: Renaissance and Reassessment 247
- 9 Transformations: Doing the Impossible 284
- 10 'Focused by Events': A Second Wave of Reform 317
- 11 Shirting Tides: Maori, Pakeha and the Treaty after 1984 344
- 12 A Plaited Rope: Immigration and its Impact 381.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781869407827
- 1869407822
- OCLC:
- 858419092
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