Phoney Wars: New Zealand Society in the Second World War by Stevan Eldred-Grigg:Hugh Eldred-Grigg
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ History
Phoney Wars looks at the lives of New Zealanders during the greatest armed struggle the world has ever seen: the Second World War. It is not a political, economic or military history; rather it explores what life was like during the war years for ordinary people living under the New Zealand flag. Stevan ...Show more
In the Jaws of the Dragon - How China is Taking Over New Zealand and Australia by Ron Asher
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
"China Inc., the business arm of China's repressive dictatorship, is trying to take over the world by buying key sectors of various countries' economies as part of its strategic plan for global control of the world's resources. China's rapid arms build-up suggests that it is preparing to back its ever i ...Show more
Precarity - Uncertain, Insecure and Unequal Lives in Aotearoa New Zealand by Shiloh Groot (ed.); Natasha Tassell-Matamua (ed.); Clifford Van Ommen (ed.); Bridgette Masters-Awatere (ed.)
39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
This important book moves beyond the world of labour to identify and illustrate other forms of precarity in New Zealand, including the lack of opportunities for cultural expression and the struggle to be safe. It focuses on New Zealand's emerging class not to further vilify it but rather to place its me ...Show more
Unquiet Time: Aotearoa/New Zealand in a Fast Changing World by Colin James
39.50 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
In Unquiet Time, Colin James describes a world in disorder as it rebalances politically, economically and demographically; a technology that is changing the way we live and ‘work’ and globalising us in new ways; looming environmental limits, climate change and biosecurity and pandemic threats; a need fo ...Show more
Windows on a Women's World: The Dominican Sisters of Aotearoa New Zealand by Susannah Grant
49.95 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
The first 10 Dominican sisters arrived in Dunedin in 1871. The congregation expanded rapidly, establishing schools throughout Otago and Southland, and eventually reaching as far north as Auckland. For most of their first century in New Zealand the Dominican sisters were teaching nuns, living in large e ...Show more
New Zealand's Prime Ministers: From Dick Seddon to John Key by Michael Bassett
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Collective biographies have been written for Britain’s and Australia’s Prime Ministers, and for America’s Presidents. Until now New Zealand has had no comparable overview. Based on extensive, careful archival research, interviews with recent Prime Ministers, many of their colleagues, and with their oppo ...Show more
Sinai Journal: 30 years of Kiwis serving with the Multinational Force and Observers by Sarah Chandler & Charlie O’Hara-Smith (Editors)
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: New
"It's the world’s most successful peace keeping mission - which hardly anyone’s heard of!” So says one of the many New Zealand Defence Force personnel interviewed for Sinai Journal: 30 Years of Kiwis serving with the Multinational Force and Observers. 2012 marked the thirtieth year of New Zealand’s sign ...Show more
At the Margin of Empire : John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900 by Jennifer Ashton
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
In this remarkable biography, Jennifer Ashton uses the life of one man as a unique lens through which to view the early history of New Zealand. Born in Scotland in 1818, John Webster came to New Zealand via Australia in 1841 (after a violent encounter in the outback which he just escaped unscathed) and ...Show more
Beyond the Imperial Frontier: The Contest for Colonial New Zealand by Vincent O'Malley
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Beyond the Imperial Frontier is an exploration of the different ways Maori and Pakeha 'fronted' one another - the zones of contact and encounter - across the nineteenth century. Beginning with a pre-1840 era marked by significant cooperation, Vincent O'Malley details the emergence of a more competitive ...Show more
People, People, People : A Brief History of NZ by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
14.99 NZD
19.99 (25% off)
Category: NZ History
A short, very accessible snapshot of New Zealand's history written with tourists and anyone new to the country in mind. Written in a lively manner by Christchurch born and bred Stevan Eldred-Grigg, one of New Zealand's leading writers of both history and fiction, this book is also ideal for students or ...Show more