The bookmen's dominion : cultural life in New Zealand 1920-1950 / Chris Hilliard.
The bookmen's dominion : cultural life in New Zealand 1920-1950 / Chris Hilliard.
The bookmen's dominion : cultural life in New Zealand 1920-1950 / Chris Hilliard.
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Auckland : Auckland University Press, c2006.
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Q306.42099/2
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English
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viii, 136 p. : ill., ports., facsim. ; 20 x 21 cm.
Contents
Machine derived contents note: ONE Rounding up the Usual Suspects for Authors' Week -- TWO Publishing, Poetry and the Things That Matter -- in Matamata 23 -- THREE History and the Story of New Zealand 51 -- FOUR 'I May Be Old-Fashioned': The Bookmen Challenged 83 -- CONCLUSION New Zealand Scholars.
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Auckland : Auckland University Press, c2006.
Date Published
c2006.
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"The Bookmen's Dominion recovers an almost forgotten chapter in New Zealand's ongoing conversation about itself. From the 1920s, scholars, critics, historians, librarians and literary lawyers were crucial gatekeepers of poetic taste and New Zealand's historical awareness. They acted as go-betweens for authors and publishers, championed women writer...
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The bookmen's dominion : cultural life in New Zealand 1920-1950 / Chris Hilliard.
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AUP studies in cultural and social history, 1176-9882 ; 3.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2006.
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Q306.42099/2
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74VKMpNGDZzX
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1869403622 (pbk.)
9781869403621 (pbk.)
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306.420993
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991021113939702626
