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Author Wilkes, Chris, author

Title Reinventing capitalism in New Zealand : history, structure, practice and social class / by Christopher Wilkes
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019

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Contents Intro; Dedication; Table of Contents; A Note on the Cover Image; Part One; Chapter One; Part Two; Chapter Two; Part Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Part Four; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Part Five; Chapter Eleven; Index
Summary In the nineteenth century, Britain bestrode the world. Its domination depended in part on it exporting its social and economic problems to the farthest reaches of the globe. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, Britain's élite thought they had found a ready-made country in which to re-establish their way of life. This invasion might ease their problems at home, and extend their influence to the edge of the earth. White settlers began to arrive in New Zealand in numbers during the 1840s, and sought to reinvent capitalism in a new land. This book traces the shape of this reinvention, and the slow emergence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 23, 2019)
Subject Capitalism -- New Zealand -- History
Social classes -- New Zealand
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Capitalism
Colonization
Social classes
SUBJECT New Zealand -- Colonization
Subject New Zealand
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781527534056
1527534057