TY  - BOOK
AU  - Trotter, Chris,
TI  - No left turn: the distortion of New Zealand's history by greed, bigotry and right-wing politics 
SN  - 9781869418090
AV  - DU421 .T76 2007
U1  - 993 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Random House New Zealand
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Labor movement
KW  - History.
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-375) and index; E.G. Wakefield's wicked dream -- Mr Russell's war -- Smashing the unions : round one -- Blood and butter -- Jamming Uncle Scrim -- Arson in Aitken Street -- Smashing the unions : round two -- The Auckland that never was -- Savage's children -- Stronger seas -- The decent society -- In the running straits of history; 1. E.G. Wakefield's wicked dream -- 2. Mr Russell's war -- 3. Smashing the unions: round one -- 4. Blood and butter -- 5. Jamming Uncle Scrim -- 6. Arson in Aitken Street -- 7. Smashing the unions: round two -- 8. The Auckland that never was -- 9. Savage's children -- 10. Stronger seas -- 11. The decent society -- Epilogue. In the running straits of history
N2  - The way some histories tell it, Europeans came to New Zealand keen to establish a little Britain in the South Seas. Not so, says Chris Trotter. Most nineteenth century immigrants wanted something better than the misery and oppression of the world they had left, and Trotter reveals just how close they and their descendants came to building a new one. On each occasion, however, their achievements were resisted, and ultimately overturned, by those who saw New Zealand simply as a source of profits
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0802/2007532818.html
ER  -