{"product_id":"holding-the-balance-a-history-of-new-zealands-department-of-labour-1891-1995","title":"HOLDING THE BALANCE A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891 - 1995","description":"\u003cp\u003eHOLDING THE BALANCE A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891 - 1995\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby John E. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 0908812620\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Canterbury University Press 1996, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 190 w x 250 h x 45 h\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 478\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2408\/0365\/K574\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nExamines 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with monochrome images and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nIncreasingly scarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452086927652,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2152329096.jpg?v=1784022493","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/holding-the-balance-a-history-of-new-zealands-department-of-labour-1891-1995","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}