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The nationbuilders / Brian Easton.

Title
The nationbuilders / Brian Easton.
Author
Easton, B. H.
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2001.

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Description
vi, 318 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"The Nationbuilders is a collection of linked essays on individuals and companies in the years from 1931 to 1984 who contributed in major ways to building a New Zealand nation. They include well-known figures like W.B. Sutch and forgotten influences like Douglas Robb. The book captures the intertwining of the lives of politicians, their advisers and their mentors, as well as the ideas and experiences which drove them." "While his focus is on the economic strategy of the times, Brian Easton also looks at the cultural, social, union, business, and foreign policy strands in the nationbuilding project. The book finally explores what happened to nationbuilding in recent years and options for the future. An original, lively and provocative book, it is backed by powerful nationalistic emotions and by a deep distaste at the kind of country that has been fashioned since 1984"--Jacket.
Subject
  • Nationalism > New Zealand > History
  • National characteristics, New Zealand
  • Politicians > New Zealand > Biography
  • New Zealand > History > 20th century > Biography
  • New Zealand > Politics and government
  • New Zealand > Biography
  • New Zealand > Economic policy
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-313) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Prologue -- Gordon Coates 1877-1943 -- Bernard Ashwin 1896-1975 -- Peter Fraser 1884-1950 -- James Fletcher 1886-1974 -- Fintan Patrick Walsh 1894-1963 -- Douglas Robb 1899-1974 -- Bill Sutch 1907-1950 (-1975) -- Denis Glover 1912-1980 -- Colin McCahon 1919-1987 -- Dr Sutch (1907-) 1951-1975 -- Norm Kirk 1923-1974 -- Sonja Davies 1923- -- Bryan Philpott 1921-2000 -- New Zealand Steel -- Rob Muldoon 1921-1992 -- Henry Lang 1919-1997 -- Epilogue -- Envoy : Bruce Jesson 1944-1999.
ISBN
186940260X (pbk.) :
OCLC
  • 50590944
  • SCSB-11828425
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library