New Zealand Yesterdays - A Look At Our Recent Past
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Used Very Good, name written on first page, DJ has some scratches/rubbing/wear, some shelf-wear
Hardcover (with dust jacket)
Dimensions: 239 x 311 x 30mm
Publication Date: 1984
Reader's Digest New Zealand Yesterdays - A Look At Our Recent Past
This richly illustrated survey of life in the 20th century New Zealand begins in the days when King Dick Seddon ruled over what he called 'God's own country.'It shows how ordinary New Zealanders lived in town and country, how they made ends meet, how they took care of one another from the cradle to the grave and how they lived at home while their young men fought overseas in three wars. It shows how people enjoyed themselves and how they worked to develop the country.
The story of New Zealand is told in more than 360 articles in 320 pages and almost 1000 photographs, drawings, maps, and diagrams, many of them in colour.
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