A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara L. Brookes

'A comprehensive history of New Zealand seen through a female lens. Brookes argues that while European men erected the political scaffolding to create a small nation, women created the infrastructure necessary for colonial society to succeed. Concepts of home, marriage and family brought by settler women, and integral to the developing state, transformed the lives of Māori women. The small scale of New Zealand society facilitated rapid change so that, by the twenty-first century, women are no longer defined by family contexts. Barbara Brookes traces the factors that drove that change'--Publisher information.

Publisher:	Bridget Williams Books
Binding:	Softcover
ISBN:	9780908321452
Condition:	Very Good
Description:	Heavy; Owner's Name inside.

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SKU: 1597180
Location: NZ NF