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'No room for luxuries' : aspects of life in a working-class New Zealand community in the 1930s

Isaac, Penelope Sheila

This thesis examines the impact of the great depression on a single working-class community in New Zealand. At the centre of this study is the home. The thesis uses the results of a Housing Survey conducted in 1937 and ...
Stir, bustle and whir! : a history of the New Zealand Clothing Factory, 1873-1905

Isaac, Penelope Sheila

INTRODUCTION This essay has two purposes: to trace the history of New Zealand's first and for a long time largest clothing factory; and to investigate within the context of this case study the working of the labour ...