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Sourcing the golden goose, Hugh Roberts
Elements of Modernism in Colin McCahon’s Early Work Gordon H Brown Art History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, $15.00, ISBN 9780475122032 Toss Woollaston: Origins and Influence Tony Green Art History Programme, Victoria University of Wellington, $15.00, ISBN 9771176304001 Colin McCahon…
Tagged with: Art History Programme, Colin McCahon, Gordon H Brown, Hugh Roberts, Issue 102, Rex Butler, Roger Blackley, Tony Green, Toss Woollaston, Victoria University of Wellington, Winter 2013
Posted in Art, Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Queering the Kiwi bloke’s pitch, Gavin McLean
The Life of Brian: Masculinities, Sexualities and Health in New Zealand ed Heather Worth, Anna Paris and Louisa Allen University of Otago Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276251 Worlds in Collision: The Gay Debate in New Zealand 1960-1986 Laurie Guy Victoria University…
Tagged with: Anna Paris, Gavin McLean, Heather Worth, Issue 59, Laurie Guy, Louisa Allen, Otago University Press, Spring 2002, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
The odd couple, Eric Richards
States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001 ed Arthur Grimes, Lydia Wevers, and Ginny Sullivan Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, $39.00, ISBN 0908935644 There is something peculiar about two affluent and well-established small countries sitting together…
Tagged with: Arthur Grimes, Eric Richards, Ginny Sullivan, Institute of Policy Studies, Issue 59, Lydia Wevers, Spring 2002, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Preserving the institutional memory, Doug Munro
Eminent Victorians: great teachers and scholars from Victoria’s first 100 years ed Vincent O’Sullivan Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, $24.95, ISBN 0 473 06487 1 As every schoolboy and schoolgirl doesn’t know, a book called Eminent Victorians appeared…
Tagged with: Doug Munro, Issue 44, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Education, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, History, Non-fiction, Review
Politics and Society, Gavin McLean
The 1990 Election: Perspectives on Political Change in New Zealand E M McLeay (ed), Department of Politics, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 1991 The 1990 election was the dullest in recent decades, with a battered, cynical electorate sensing the inevitability…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Department of Politics, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, E M McLeay, Gavin McLean, Geoffrey Moss, GP Publications, Issue 6, John Deeks, Judy McGregor, Longman Paul, Margie Comrie, Moss Associates, Nick Perry, Richard Rudman, Spring 1992, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review