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Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand Hardcover - 2007
by Neill Atkinson
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- Title Trainland: How Railways Made New Zealand
- Author Neill Atkinson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Second Printing
- Pages 251
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House (New Zealand), Auckland
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781869419059 / 1869419057
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008399920
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.099
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Auckland, New Zaland: Random House, 2007. Railways have played a central role in New Zealand politics, economics, trade union history, tourism and popular culture. Covers the development of rail, who uses the trains and why; daily life on and off the rails; the train in popular culture and the collective memory. CONDITION Laminated card wraps with French flaps, 259 pages illustrated throughout. Faintest shelf waer at spine ends else as new. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Auckland: Random House, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy with only light shelf wear. Railways have played a central role in New Zealand politics, economics, trade union history, tourism and popular culture. Yet rail history has been largely neglected by professional historians. While the field has long been popular with enthusiasts, they have tended to focus on locomotive and rolling stock minutiae, engineering feats and so on, and have paid little attention to social and cultural aspects. This stunning looking book includes a brief outline of the development of rail in NZ; and looks at who uses the trains and why; daily life on and off the rails; the train in popular culture and the collective memory. Neill Atkinson is a professional historian with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in Wellington and the depth of his research is matched by the accessibility of his writing. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs…
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Auckland: Random House, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean copy with only light shelf wear. Railways have played a central role in New Zealand politics, economics, trade union history, tourism and popular culture. Yet rail history has been largely neglected by professional historians. While the field has long been popular with enthusiasts, they have tended to focus on locomotive and rolling stock minutiae, engineering feats and so on, and have paid little attention to social and cultural aspects. This stunning looking book includes a brief outline of the development of rail in NZ; and looks at who uses the trains and why; daily life on and off the rails; the train in popular culture and the collective memory. Neill Atkinson is a professional historian with the Ministry of Culture and Heritage in Wellington and the depth of his research is matched by the accessibility of his writing. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs…
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