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New Zealand Social History - Papers from the Turnbull Conference on New Zealand Social History, 1978 by D. A. Hamer

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Inventing Elvis - An American Icon in a Cold War World by Mathias Haeussler

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Elvis Presley stands tall as perhaps the supreme icon of 20th-century U.S. culture. But he was perceived to be deeply un-American in his early years as his controversial adaptation of rhythm and blues music and gyrating on-stage performances sent shockwaves through Eisenhower's conservative America and far beyond. This book explores Elvis Presley's global transformation from a teenage rebel figure into one of the U.S.'s major pop-cultural embodiments from a historical perspective. It shows how Elvis's rise was part of an emerging transnational youth culture whose political impact was heavily conditioned by the Cold War. As well as this, the book analyses Elvis's stint as G.I. soldier in West Germany, where he acted as an informal ambassador for the so-called American way of life and was turned into a deeply patriotic figure almost overnight. Yet, it also suggests that Elvis's increasingly synonymous identity with U.S. culture ultimately proved to be a double-edged sword, as the excesses of his superstardom and personal decline seemingly vindicated long-held stereotypes about the allegedly materialistic nature of U.S. society. Tracing Elvis's story from his unlikely rise in the 1950s right up to his tragic death in August 1977, this book offers a riveting account of changing U.S. identities during the Cold War, shedding fresh light on the powerful role of popular music and consumerism in shaping images of the United States during the cultural struggle between East and West. ...Show more

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Broken Circle - The Decline and Fall of the Fourth Labour Government by Simon Sheppard

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Takeover New Zealand by W. B. Sutch

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The Native School Reader for Standard II. and III. by James H. Pope

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The Gun in the Case by G. G. Kelly

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Doctors in Denial: The Forgotten Women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment' by Ronald W. Jones

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Category: NZ Education & Health | Reading Level: very good

When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynaecologist, Professor Herbert Green's study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) - later called 'the unfortunate experiment' - had been in progress for seven y ears. By the mid-1960s there was almost universal agreement among gynaecologists and pathologists worldwide that CIS was a precursor of cancer, requiring complete removal. Green, however, believed otherwise, and embarked on a study of women with CIS, without their consent, that involved merely observing, rather than definitively treating them. Many women subsequently developed cancer and some died. In 1984 Jones and senior colleagues Dr Bill McIndoe and Dr Jock McLean published a scientific paper that exposed the truth, and the disastrous outcome of Green's experiment. In a public inquiry in 1987 Judge Sylvia Cartwright observed that an unethical experiment had been carried out in large numbers of women for over 20 years. Since that time there have been attempts to cast Green's work in a more generous light. This rewriting of history has spurred Ron Jones to set the record straight by telling his personal story: a story of the unnecessary suffering of countless women, a story of professional arrogance and misplaced loyalties, and a story of doctors in denial of the truth. ...Show more

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By Design by Rosslyn J Noonan

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Helen: Portrait of a Prime Minister by Brian Edwards

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Category: NZ Politics & Social History | Reading Level: very good

New Zealand's first elected woman Prime Minister remains an enigma to many, despite her almost daily exposure on television. In Helen: Portrait of a Prime Minister, Brian Edwards has produced a comprehensive, balanced and absorbing account of the life, times and character of the real Helen Clark. Workin g largely from taped conversations with the Prime Minister herself, with her family, friends and colleagues, and with a wide range of political journalists and commentators, the author presents a fascinating panorama of anecdote, fact, and opinion on Helen Clark's strengths and weaknesses as a person and a politician. Part oral history, part biography, the narrative follows Clark's life and career from childhood through to the present day. It explains how the daughter of a conservative, National-voting, farming family became a left-wing activist; how she was transformed from a seemingly dry and brittle academic into a popular, media-savvy and charismatic leader; how she moulded a disparate group of factions into a cohesive coalition. Brian Edwards is the author or editor of numerous books, including Right Out, a study of the 1972 General Election, in which he stood as the Labour Party candidate for Miramar. With his wife, Judy Callingham, he runs a media consulting business in Auckland. The couple have provided media advice to Helen Clark since 1996. In 1999 Dr Edwards was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to broadcasting and journalism. Hardback ...Show more

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Making a Difference by RICHARDSON

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Historical and Political Dictionary of New Zealand by Keith Jackson

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This new, retitled and expanded New Zealand edition is a substantially revised edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Zealand published in the United States in 2005. It describes the many changes of the past decade while building on the solid foundations of the earlier editions that examined the co untry's long and lively history. It covers a wide range of topics from relations between the Pakeha and the Maori to the country's recent economic changes and environmental policies. The introduction provides a good starting point, and the chronology traces New Zealand's history from the earliest settlers to the present. The dictionary includes hundreds of entries on important people, places, events, and institutions, as well as significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects, and a bibliography for further reading. ...Show more

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Undeveloping Nation by David McLoughlin

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