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A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle's definition of history as 'the biography of great men', and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country's development from the points of view of wives ...Show more
Communities of Women:Historical Perspectives by Barbara Brookes
39.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
The sense of belonging to a community is fundamental, but it is not tied to a locality; it exists in the mind. Communities can be vast -empires, nations, a huge religious community -or small isolated groups. What distinguishes them is the style in which they are imagined. This book explores communities ...Show more
He Tohu Box Set by Claudia Orange, Barbara Brookes, Vincent O'Malley
120.00 NZD
Category: Maori Books
BWB’s books on three iconic New Zealand documents are re-issued in hardback with new jackets, available again in a stunning slipcase.He Whakaputanga/The Declaration of Independence, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and The Women’s Suffrage Petition, published in conjunction with the National Library to accompany th ...Show more
Introducing the Women's Suffrage Petition 1893 (BWB Texts) by Barbara Brookes and Jared Davidson
17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievement owed much to an extraordinary document: the 1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition. Over 270 metres long, with the signatures of some 24,000 women (and at least tw ...Show more
Sites of Gender : Women, Men and Modernity in Southern Dunedin 1890-1939 [OP] by Barbara Brookes
44.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Sites of Gender makes a major contribution to the field of social history, both in New Zealand and internationally, by presenting through the microcosm of the southern suburbs of Dunedin, New Zealand, a unique picture of the changing social patterns of a entire nation. This important study is the fruit ...Show more
The Women's Suffrage Petition Te Petihana Whakamana Poti Wahine1893 by Barbara Brookes
19.99 NZD
29.99 (33% off)
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Unfortunate Folk': Essays on Mental Health Treatment, 1863-1992 by Barbara Brookes
39.95 NZD
Category: Health
In this collection of 15 studies, medical students at the University of Otago examine aspects of the early and modern history of mental health institutions in New Zealand and attitudes toward patients as unfortunate aliens to the world of reason. The final section looks at broader trends, including that ...Show more
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