Pilgrims' progress : image, identity and myth in Christchurch / John Cookson -- Ngāi Tahu and the Canterbury landscape : a broad context / Te Maire Tau -- Confronting nature / Eric Pawson -- Outwards and upwards : building the city / W. David McIntyre -- An artisanal town : the economic sinews of Christchurch / Trevor Burnard -- Workers and workplaces / Katie Pickles -- Radical Christchurch ; The Christchurch elite / Jim McAloon -- Ngāi Tahu : from "Better be dead and out of the way" to "To be seen to belong" / Te Maire Tau -- Ngāi Tahu, the whale that awoke : from claim to settlement (1960-1998) / Ann Parsonson -- A geography of governance / Peter Perry -- The high arts in a regional culture : from Englishness to self-reliance / Jonathan Mane-Wheoki -- Sport in Christchurch / Greg Ryan -- Towards a city biography / John Cookson
Notes
"The unique nature of Christchurch is explored in fourteen essays, all written by specialist historians and including such topics as sport, the arts, the environment and the role of Ngāi Tahu in the city's development"--Back cover
"Turning point 2000 Canterbury-Waitaha"--T.p. verso