Democracy at ease
Subtitle: a New Zealand profile
By: David Goldblatt
Publisher: Pall Mall Press
Published: 1957
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Description: "New Zealand is not only geographically the most remote of the Dominions in the British Commonwealth, but it is also possibly, one of the least known in the Mother Country. Sent abroad by his doctor after a heart attack in 1955, David Goldblatt went there initially for a short stay, but fell in love with it and remained for a year. He returned to England early in 1957, when he wrote this book, but the pull of New Zealand was too strong and he is back there again. He writes with all the love of the discoverer of a new found land, and yet with an insight which sees the blemishes as well as the charms. New Zealand is probably the most closely government controlled of all the free countries. In that sense it offers a unique field of study for those who are interested in the social development of democracy. Mr Goldblatt's book is not only a delightful introduction to an insufficiently understood Dominion, but an acute criticism of a society in which Government plays, perhaps, too large a role." -- Inside front cover.
Notes: Bagnall, G421
Table of contents: title: [Section one]: Land of the long white clould:; title: Far up in the North; title: Small town; title: Provincial centre; title: Auckland; title: South Island; title: Capital city; title: A new species evolves; title: The first New Zealanders; title: [Section two]: The new society:; title: All for all; title: Beginnings of the Welfare State; title: On to "perfection"; title: Challenge of the Depression; title: Birth of the Welfare State; title: Define before you reason; title: The beguiling land ...; title: ... and the quiet land; title: A protected people; title: The political scene; title: Parties and personalities; title: Press, school and materialism; title: The place of agriculture; title: The manufacturer and the business man; title: Labour relations; title: Money matters.