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In: Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 79-108

Abstract

AN ACCIDENTAL UTOPIA? SOCIAL MOBILITY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY, 1880–1940,ERIK OLSSEN, CLYDE GRIFFEN AND FRANK JONES (2009) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 472 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 64 3 (pbk), NZ$49.95
BEYOND THE SCENE: LANDSCAPE AND IDENTITY
IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, JANET STEPHENSON, MICK ABBOTT AND JACINTA RURU (EDS) (2010) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 224 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 81 0 (pbk), £18.50
MAKING OUR PLACE: EXPLORING LAND-USE TENSIONS IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, JACINTA RURU, JANET STEPHENSON AND MICK ABBOTT
(EDS) (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 240 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 88 9 (pbk), £18.50
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A GREAT NEW ZEALAND
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University Press, 269 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 85 8 (pbk), NZ$49.95
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INTERPRETING
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MAKING FILM AND TELEVISION HISTORIES:
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292 pp., ISBN 978 1 442516328 (pbk), NZ$78.99
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