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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	April 2010
Genre:	Geschichte / Politik / Kultur
ISBN:	9781869404536
EAN-Code:	9781869404536
Verlag:	Auckland University Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 238 mm / B 179 mm / D 35 mm
Gewicht:	1051 gr
Seiten:	350
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Inhalt:

Telling the story of shearers from the 1860s to the present day, this collection brings to life the world of the shearing shed for the first time. Shearers have played a key role in New Zealand life, and this book chronicles key changes in the business--from the mechanization of shearing to the expansion of the shearing season and the shrinking of the New Zealand flock. It explores the changing culture of shearing--the way Maori whanau turned themselves into successful shearing gangs, how women entered the sheds as wool handlers and wound up as world-record shearers, and how Ivan and Godfrey Bowen professionalized the business. Delving into the heart of rural New Zealand, this compilation illuminates larger themes in New Zealand history--interactions between Maori and Pakeha, rural and urban society, change and tradition--and introduces some extraordinary New Zealanders who work as shearers today.