New Zealand between the wars

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    • Bell, Rachael

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New Zealand between the wars

edited by Rachael Bell

Massey University Press, 2017

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Summary: "If World War 1 was the crucible that forged an independent New Zealand identity, then the two decades that followed laid the foundation for a new nation as the country shed the last vestiges of colonial society in exchange for the trappings of a modern dominion. This collection of essay traverses the depths of the Great Depression to the bright promise of the welfare state, and shows how the interwar decades transformed New Zealand society, setting the country firmly on its modern course. And how they set a blueprint for state intervention and assistance that remained largely unchallenged for the next 50 years"--Back cover

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If World War One was the crucible that forged an independent New Zealand identity, then the two decades following are surely the years in which the foundation for the new nation was laid. In shedding the last vestiges of colonial society in exchange for the trappings of a modern democratic nation, the 1920s and 1930s in New Zealand set a blueprint for state intervention and assistance that remained unchallenged for the next 50 years. Along with the period's vast technological and infrastructural changes, most of which were state-funded and controlled, came new forms of communication, transport, entertainment and employment which led to changing expectations and reform in education, health, welfare, home ownership and commerce. From the depths of the Great Depression to the bright promise of the Welfare State, the interwar decades transformed New Zealand society, consolidating trends established before the war and initiating a slew of changes in attitude and practice that, as markers of modernity, set New Zealand firmly on its current course.

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Introduction A Nation on the Cusp Rachael Bell 8 CHAPTER ONE The Provision of Opportunities Politics and the State David Littlewood 32 CHAPTER TWO 'A Duty of the Country' Soldier Settlement, 1915-1941 Michael Roche 56 CHAPTER THREE Contradiction and Contestation Public Education in the Interwar Period Roger Openshaw 82 CHAPTER FOUR 'The Old Bolshevik' Alex Galbraith, the Communist Party and the New Zealand Revolution Kerry Taylor 108 CHAPTER FIVE Once Were Muttonbirders Ng-ati Kuia's Fight to Retain Its T-it-i Harvesting Rights Peter Meihana 132 CHAPTER SIX Modernising Rivers River 'Improvement' Efforts and Hydroelectric Power Development Catherine Knight 154CHAPTER SEVEN The Nation's Stock, the Nation's Flock Disease Prevention and the Interwar Poultry Farm Janine Cook 178 CHAPTER EIGHT Keeping It in the Country Modernity, Urban Drift and Adult Education in Rural New Zealand Rachael Bell 210 CHAPTER NINE From Wild Child to Future Citizen? Children and Youth in Interwar New Zealand Helen Dollery 232 CHAPTER TEN The Modern Girl Dale Austen, Miss New Zealand, in Hollywood Natalie Smith 256 CHAPTER ELEVEN Conscience of the Nation? The Churches as Political Actors Christopher J. van der Krogt 280 CHAPTER TWELVE An Age of Expansion The Widening Sporting World in Palmerston North and New Zealand Geoff Watson 308 About the Contributors 334 Index 338

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