No idle rich
Subtitle: the wealthy in Canterbury and Otago, 1840-1914
By: Jim McAloon.
Publisher: University of Otago Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Rich people -- New Zealand -- Canterbury -- History.; Rich people -- New Zealand -- Otago -- History.; Landowners -- New Zealand -- Canterbury -- History.; Landowners -- New Zealand -- Otago -- History.; Gentry -- New Zealand -- Canterbury -- History.; Gentry -- New Zealand -- Otago -- History.; Canterbury (N.Z.) -- Social conditions.; Otago (N.Z.) -- Social conditions.; New Zealand -- History -- 1840-1876.; New Zealand -- History -- 1876-1918.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.
"A much expanded version of the doctoral thesis which I presented at the University of Otago in 1993"--Pref.