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Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1999. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. This lively survey tells the story of a major New Zealand city, the capital of Canterbury province and the South Island's largest metropolitan centre. Why was the city established in the middle of a swamp? What was it like to live in Christchurch in the 1850s, the 1870s or the 1940s? What has changed, what has disappeared, and what has survived from the past? Who were the people who made Christchurch what it is today? What makes Christchurch distinctive among New Zealand's cities? These and many other questions are answered in this highly readable account
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Christchurch Changing: an Illustrated History Unknown - 1999
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New Zealand: Penguin Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. (2017). First Edition. Softcover. 0908812531 . Library rubber stamp "DPL - FREE" on first page. No other library markings. Small price sticker on rear cover. ; 283, [2], [1 (blank)], [2 (advertisements)] pages + 4 plate leaves. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 233 x 153mm. Colour and black-and-white photographic illustrations. "The story of how one man weathered years of drought and desperation to turn his farm - and his life - around. Every day I watch my farm burn. Day after day, the sky is a relentless, empty blue. As our land dries up, all my hopes have turned to vapour, lost in that wide, blue yonder. And so begins Doug Avery's story of emotional resilience in the face of what at times seemed a hopeless situation. The South Island farmer suffered terribly during eight years of drought. His farm was depleted and so was he, to the point of severe depression. 'The Resilient Farmer' is…
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Christchuch: Canterbury University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. (2008). Softcover. 0908812531 . Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings. Covers laminated in clear plastic.; 2008 revised second edition of a title first published in 1999. 190, [2 (blank)] pages + 4 leaves of colour illustrations. Page dimensions: 283 x 205mm. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. .
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