Working lives c. 1900
Subtitle: a photographic essay
By: Erik Olssen
Publisher: University of Otago Press]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Dunedin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781877578519
Subjects: Blue collar workers; History; Working class; Skilled labor; Pictorial works; Sillled labor
Description: "For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into farmland then cityscape, and the transplantation of the knowledge and skill acquired in the Old World that were essential to building a new world."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 161) and index.