| Working Lives C. 1900: A Photographic Essay Contributor(s): Olssen, Erik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1877578517 ISBN-13: 9781877578519 Publisher: Otago University Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Oceania - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 305.56 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.8" W x 10.6" (1.35 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world. |