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Continuous Ferment by Greg Ryan
64.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The story of beer and brewing in Aotearoa from Speights to Parrotdog and beyond.
Sport and the New Zealanders: A History by Ryan Greg
65.00 NZD
Category: Sport | Reading Level: near fine
Secondhand. "`. . . those two mighty products of the land, the Canterbury lamb and the All Blacks, have made New Zealand what she is in spite of politicians¿ claims to the contrary¿, wrote Dick Brittenden in 1954. `For many in New Zealand, prowess at sport replaces the social graces; in the pubs, durin ...Show more
Tackling Rugby Myths: Rugby and New Zealand Society, 1854-2004 by Greg Ryan
39.95 NZD
Category: Sport | Series: Otago History Series
This book examines many aspects of rugby in New Zealand since about 1854, showing how rugby and identity have been bundles together for over a century, with both nation and game endowed with qualities of egalitarianism, innovation and rural pragmatism that have beeen promoted on the world stage. It tac ...Show more
The Contest for Rugby Supremacy: Accounting for the 1905 All Blacks by Greg Ryan
34.95 NZD
Category: Rugby
For most rugby followers, the 1905 All Black tour of Britain has assumed legendary proportions. The Contest For Rugby Supremacy provides a new and critical perspective on the events and personalities of the tour. It examines key themes in the formative years of New Zealand rugby that both shaped the suc ...Show more
The Making of New Zealand Cricket 1832-1914 by Greg Ryan
119.99 NZD
Category: Cricket | Series: Sport in the Global Society Ser.
This book shows how and why cricket developed in NZ and how its character changed across time, its relation to diverse patterns of European settlement, its relationship to social class, the school system, and the relationship with Australian cricket. Greg shows how the cricketing experience here was qui ...Show more
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