{"product_id":"the-road-to-erewhon-a-social-history-of-the-formative-years-in-new-zealand-1890-1976-by-tony-simpson","title":"THE ROAD TO EREWHON: A Social History of the Formative Years in New Zealand 1890-1976 by Tony Simpson","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE ROAD TO EREWHON: A Social History of the Formative Years in New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Tony Simpson\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: medium softcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: Beaux Arts 1976\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 270 w x 215 h x 15 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 155\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A4\/2606\/0365\/U325\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nExplores the cultural, social, and political evolution of New Zealand, treating the 1890–1976 window as the country's formative nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimpson argues that the societal foundations of modern New Zealand were truly forged and consolidated between 1890 and 1976, rather than simply during the earlier colonial period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe title is a nod to Samuel Butler's satirical utopian novel Erewhon (1872), which was inspired by Butler's time as a high-country sheep farmer in New Zealand's Canterbury region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nExcellent with wear\/marks\/fading on covers, pages otherwise clean and unmarked, no stamps or inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003e\nAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55229733372196,"sku":"A4\/2606\/0365\/U325","price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3916425874298391489.png?v=1790415689","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-road-to-erewhon-a-social-history-of-the-formative-years-in-new-zealand-1890-1976-by-tony-simpson","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}