New Zealanders at Home: A Cultural History of Domestic Interiors 1814-1914,9781877276149

New Zealanders at Home: A Cultural History of Domestic Interiors 1814-1914

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ISBN13: 9781877276149
ISBN10: 1877276146
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-02-01
Publisher(s): Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Summary

Featuring photographs, drawings, and paintings, this volume offers a visual history of New Zealand interiors. The homes presented represent the living-spaces of the Maori, of missionaries and settlers, and of the suburban middle-class. Architecture, construction, design, decoration, and use are all discussed.

Author Biography

Anna Petersen curates the photographs collection at the Hocken Library.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
6(1)
Acknowledgements 7(2)
Preface 9(3)
Glossary 12(1)
Signs of Higher Life c. 1814--1840
13(18)
(Plates 1--8)
The Measure of Progress c. 1840--1865
31(28)
(Plates 9--21)
The Value of Culture c. 1865--1890
59(38)
(Plates 22--46)
The New Zealand Domestic Interior c. 1890--1914
97(60)
(Plates 47--85)
Notes 157(12)
Index 169

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