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Getting fit for the Empire, Caroline Daley

Posted on September 1, 2012 by NZ Books

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

The body beautiful, Rosemary McLeod

Posted on September 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Leisure and Pleasure: Reshaping and Revealing the New Zealand Body 1900-1960 Caroline Daley Auckland University Press, $39.99, ISBN 186940291X Undressed: New Zealand fashion designers tell their stories Stacy Gregg Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 014301899X It may be only recently that firemen…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Caroline Daley, Issue 63, Penguin, Rosemary McLeod, Spring 2003, Stacy Gregg
Posted in Art, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Dancing in time, Alison Gray

Posted on August 7, 2000 by NZ Books

The Gendered Kiwi ed Caroline Daley and Deborah Montgomerie Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 219 7 Girls and Women, Men and Boys: Gender in Taradale 1886-1930 Caroline Daley Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 211 1 “Will…

Tagged with: Alison Gray, Auckland University Press, Caroline Daley, Deborah Montgomerie, Issue 44
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review

Still on the margins, Anne Else

Posted on December 22, 1994 by NZ Books

Suffrage and Beyond ‑ International Feminist Perspectives Caroline Daley and Melanie Nolan (eds) Auckland University Press, $39.95 The movement for women’s suffrage can be said to have begun at the World Anti‑Slavery Convention held in London in 1840, where American…

Tagged with: Anne Else, Auckland University Press, Caroline Daley, Issue 16, Melanie Nolan, Summer 1994
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology