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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561491730724 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1409 (503) |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
HOLDING THE BALANCE A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891 - 1995
by John E. Martin
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0908812620
Format: medium hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Canterbury University Press 1996, 1st edition
Size (mm): 190 w x 250 h x 45 h
Pages: 478
SKU: A5/2408/0365/K574
ABOUT
Examines government policy in depth in the areas of employment, industrial and workplace relations and immigration through the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries up to 1996.
It looks at the wide range of further departmental activities, including barmaid registration, weights and measures, hostel accommodation and industrial training. John Martin also provides a vivid description of other fascinating measures such as the state farm of the 1890s, the first state housing scheme in the early decades of last century and the Home Aid Service for women after World War Two.
Illustrated with monochrome images and illustrations.
CONDITION
Excellent with only light wear/fading on dust jacket and light spotting on end papers, pages otherwise as new. Images depict all need to know detail.
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Increasingly scarce
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