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Revisiting the 1930s, Tony Simpson
The Broken Decade: Prosperity, Depression and Recovery in New Zealand 1928–1939 Malcolm McKinnon Otago University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9781927322260 In 1968, I left my home town of Christchurch and came to Wellington to work as a producer in radio in…
Tagged with: Issue 118, Malcolm McKinnon, Otago University Press, Tony Simpson, Winter 2017
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
History in danger, Malcolm McKinnon
The Discovery of Islands: Essays in British History J G A Pocock Cambridge University Press, $60.00 approx, ISBN 139780521850957 J G A Pocock’s The Discovery of Islands: Essays in British History is a rich and scholarly exploration of a subject…
Tagged with: Cambridge University Press, Issue 81, J G A Pocock, Malcolm McKinnon, Winter 2008
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
“Something like a cult”, Margaret Clark
Treasury: The New Zealand Treasury 1840-2000 Malcolm McKinnon Auckland University Press, $50, ISBN 1869402960 At the launch of this book a former assistant secretary to the Treasury pointed out to me that this is an administrative history of the Treasury,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 62, Malcolm McKinnon, Margaret Clark, Winter 2003
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Computer Cartography, Miles Fairburn
New Zealand Historical Atlas: Visualising New Zealand Malcolm McKinnon (ed) David Bateman, $99.00 ISBN 1 86953335 6 The New Zealand Historical Atlas is a large and prestigious publication made up of 100 double pages (“plates”) of illustrative material and text.…
Tagged with: David Bateman, Issue 34, Malcolm McKinnon, Miles Fairburn
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