Provincial Perspectives Essays In Honour Of W. J. Gardner Tapa dura - 1980

New Zealand: University of Canterbury. Good. Hardcover. 1980. 149 pages. .

New Zealand: University of Canterbury. Good. Hardcover. 1980. nice crisp clean copy .

Christchurch: University of Canterbury, 1980 near fine in same DW. Seven essays on the New Zealand provinces in the early days. Titles; Jim Gardner a tribute / Auckland's political opposition in the crown colony period / Slavaging the Canterbury plan; Henry Sewell and the founding of Canterbury / Samuel Butler; exploration and imagination / 'The beauty and fashion of the province'; women of the landed gentry of Canterbury 1880-1910 / Gold Rushes of the Pacific borderlands;a comparative survey by Philip Ross May / Class, community and conflict; the Blackball miners union 1920-31. 149pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Christchurch: University Of Canterbury. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0900392266 . No signatures. Some rubbing to top edge of dust wrapper. 1/8" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 149 pages + plates. Green papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 238mm x 144mm. "The study of local and regional New Zealand history has recently become very popular. This has not always been so - at least among academics. For generations it was tucked away in remote corners of university history departments as a worthy but somewhat peripheral concern. Yet Jim Gardner, for more than a quarter of a century, has energetically affirmed the importance of regional or provincial perspectives in exploring and interpreting our past." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .