Six essays based on the work of the Caversham Project at the University of Otago and New Zealand Census data, and analysing the occupational structure in New Zealand from 1893 to 1938 to examine social change and its impetus during the formative years of the nation's early economy.
"This book is the unexpected outcome of a larger project ... the Caversham Project"--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
1. The Caversham project and its study area -- 2. A history of the occupational census 1874-1936 -- 3. Towards an occupational classification for urban New Zealand -- 4. New Zealand's changing occupational structure, 1901-1936 -- 5. The local and the national -- 6. The reification of categories -- App. Census occupations listed by class group.