Reading on the farm : Victorian fiction and the colonial world

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Description
In [this book], Wevers uses the library on Brancepeth Station in the Wairarapa, its staff and users as the ground for an extended reflection on the meaning of books, reading and intellectual life in colonial New Zealand.
Place
Wellington, New Zealand
Other Id
Z 1003.5.N4 WEV (Library of Congress Call Number)
43600 (Cat ID)
88415 (DBTextworks system ID)
37328 (Presto content ID)
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book
Name/Title
Reading on the farm : Victorian fiction and the colonial world
Primary Maker
Lydia Wevers
Contributor/Publisher
Victoria University Press
Place
Wellington, New Zealand
Date
Circa 2010
Physical Description
344 p., [16 p.] of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
9780864736352
Level of Current Record
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Subject Category
Beetham family--Library/Library of Congress subject headings
Reading interests--New Zealand--History
Books and reading--Social aspects--New Zealand--History/Library of Congress subject headings
English literature--Social aspects--New Zealand
New Zealand--Intellectual life--19th century
Public Access Text
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-326) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
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19 Dec 2023

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