Class and occupation : the New Zealand reality /

Class and occupation : the New Zealand reality /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Olssen, Erik.
Imprint:	Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2005.
Description:	317 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Otago history series
Subject:	Occupations -- New Zealand. Occupations -- New Zealand -- Classification. Social classes -- New Zealand. Labor market -- New Zealand. Labor market. Occupations. Social classes. Social conditions. New Zealand -- Social conditions -- Statistics. New Zealand. Classification. Statistics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5880918

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Other authors / contributors:	Hickey, Maureen, 1971-
ISBN:	187737203X (pbk.)
Notes:	"This book is the unexpected outcome of a larger project ... the Caversham Project"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-312) and index.
Summary:	Six essays based on the work of the Caversham Project at the University of Otago and New Zealand Census data, and analysing the occupational structure in New Zealand from 1893 to 1938 to examine social change and its impetus during the formative years of the nation's early economy.

Table of Contents:

1. The Caversham project and its study area
2. A history of the occupational census 1874-1936
3. Towards an occupational classification for urban New Zealand
4. New Zealand's changing occupational structure, 1901-1936
5. The local and the national
6. The reification of categories
App. Census occupations listed by class group.