Kin: A Collective Biography of a New Zealand Working-class FamilyWhat can the study of one individual tell us about the many? This book focuses on the issue of variance within the New Zealand working class by examining the life, culture and identity of Jack McCullough, Workers' Representative on the Arbitration Court 1908–1921, and his four siblings – margaret, Jim, Sarah and Frank. |
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Contents
Preface | 7 |
Is there a typical member | 15 |
Transfer of Belfast | 47 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Kin: A Collective Biography of a New Zealand Working-class Family |
| Author | Melanie Nolan |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Canterbury University Press, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 7, 2010 |
| ISBN | 1877257346, 9781877257346 |
| Length | 251 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Historical History / Australia & New Zealand |
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