The Broken Decade: Prosperity, Depression and Recovery in New Zealand 1928-39 - Couverture souple

McKinnon, Malcolm

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 192732226X ISBN 13 : 9781927322260

Editeur : Otago University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Depression of the 1930s was a defining period in New Zealand history. It had its own vocabulary swaggers and sugarbags, relief work and sustenance, the Queen Street riots and special constables that was all too familiar to those who lived through that tumultuous decade. But one generations reality is anothers history. The desperate struggles experienced by many for work, food and shelter during the 1930s eventually gave way to the sunny postwar years, when the Depression was no more than an uncomfortable memory. And now, for the children of the twenty-first century, its just a word. While the lives of those most affected by the Depression have been admirably documented in oral histories in various forms, the political and economic context, and the manoeuvrings and responses to the unprecedented conditions have not, until now, been given the extensive analysis they deserve. The Broken Decade, Malcolm McKinnons detailed and absorbing history of this period, unpicks the Depression year by year. It begins by introducing the prosperous world of New Zealand in the late 1920s before focusing on the sudden onset of the Depression in 193031, the catastrophic months that followed and, finally, on the attempt to find a way back to that pre-Depression prosperity. Informed by exhaustive research, relevant statistics and fascinating personal accounts, and made accessible and meaningful by insightful analysis, this important book will become New Zealands definitive study of the 1930s Depression.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Malcolm McKinnon has had a lifetime career in New Zealand history. He taught for many years at Victoria University of Wellington and has also worked on a number of government-sponsored historical projects. He was the general editor of the award-winning New Zealand Historical Atlas (1997).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Otago University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 192732226X
• ISBN 13: 9781927322260
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 556
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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