Christchurch Changing
Subtitle: An Illustrated History
By: Geoffrey W. Rice ; with assistance from Jean Sharfe.
Contributors: Sharfe, Jean.; Christchurch 2000 History Project.
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Christchurch, N.Z
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Christchurch (N.Z.) -- History.; Christchurch (N.Z.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "This lively survey tells the story of a major New Zealand city, the capital of the Canterbury province and the South Island's largest metropolitan centre. Why was a 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? ... This popular account has now been updated with a new final chapter covering the decade to 2008."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 164) and index.
"Christchurch 2000 History Project of the History Department, University of Canterbury"--P. 4 of cover.