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Looking for home, David Cohen
Barefoot Years Martin Edmond Bridget Williams Books, $15.00, ISBN 9781927277676 On Coming Home Paula Morris Bridget Williams Books, $15.00, ISBN 9780908321117 Somewhere in the course of his perceptive career, in what one assumes was a more or less idle moment,…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, David Cohen, Issue 111, Martin Edmond, Paula Morris, Spring 2015
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Tangata ora, Matariki Williams
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris Bridget Williams Books, $100.00, ISBN 9781927131411 The final chapter of the weighty Tangata Whenua is titled “Tangata Whenua, Tangata Ora”, and the book could just as easily have…
Tagged with: Aroha Harris, Atholl Anderson, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 111, Judith Binney, Spring 2015
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Town and country, Brian Easton
Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand Shamubeel Eaqub Bridget Williams Books, $15.00, ISBN 9781927277614 When the Farm Gates Opened: The Impact of Rogernomics on Rural New Zealand Neal Wallace Otago University Press, $30.00, ISBN 9781877578724 In the last hundred…
Tagged with: Autumn 2015, Brian Easton, Bridget Williams Books, Issue 109, Neal Wallace, Otago University Press, Shamubeel Eaqub
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
No drive-by answers, David Cohen
Sorrows of a Century: Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000 John C Weaver Bridget Williams Books, $60.00, ISBN 9781927277232 All of us seek happiness, Pascal declared centuries ago, even at the point of a warm gun. “This is without exception,”…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, David Cohen, Issue 108, John C Weaver, Summer 2014
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
A poverty of compassion, Rod Oram
Child Poverty in New Zealand Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple Bridget Williams Books, $50.00, ISBN 9781927247860 “New Zealand has the necessary resources to reduce child poverty, and equitable and efficient ways to secure these resources are available. The question is…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 108, Jonathan Boston, Rod Oram, Simon Chapple, Summer 2014
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
The inequality divide, Tim Hazledine
Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis Max Rashbrooke (ed) Bridget Williams Books, $40.00, ISBN 9781927131510 Judgements of All Kinds: Economic Policy-Making in New Zealand 1945-1984 Jim McAloon Victoria University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780864738974 Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis is more than…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 104, Jim McAloon, Max Rashbrooke, Summer 2013, Tim Hazledine, Victoria University Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Singing in tune, David Round
Treaty of Waitangi Settlements Nicola R Wheen and Janine Hayward (eds) Bridget Williams Books with the New Zealand Law Foundation, $50.00, ISBN 9781927131381 This book contains a dozen essays on aspects of Treaty of Waitangi settlements. Three cover their context,…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, David Round, Issue 104, Janine Hayward, New Zealand Law Foundation, Nicola R Wheen, Summer 2013
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Imperial entanglements, Paul Moon
Webs of Empire: Locating New Zealand’s Colonial Past Tony Ballantyne Bridget Williams Books, $50.00, ISBN 9781927131435 Books on Britain’s colonisation of New Zealand range from the often jingoistic efforts of some writers in the 19th century, through to the heavily…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 103, Paul Moon, Spring 2013, Tony Ballantyne
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Getting fit for the Empire, Caroline Daley
Strong, Beautiful and Modern: National Fitness in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada, 1935–1960 Charlotte Macdonald Bridget Williams Books, $50.00, ISBN 978927131404 In July 1937 the Physical Training and Recreation Act was passed in Britain. A few months later the…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Caroline Daley, Charlotte Macdonald, Issue 99, Spring 2012
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sport