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The story of Christchurch, New Zealand

The story of Christchurch, New Zealand

F. Wigram, Henry

Paperback

Canadian HistoryGeneral ReferenceGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353704545
ISBN13: 9789353704544
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 360
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before Christchurch became a garden city, it was a daring colonial experiment on the Canterbury Plains. Henry F. Wigram traces how a settlement took shape into a civic centre, with the immediacy of city history nonfiction. A city is made slowly. Part local history book, part historical nonfiction narrative, this classic account follows Christchurch founding and growth through the ambitions, debates, and everyday pressures of a new community. Wigram writes close to the era, capturing the texture of early New Zealand society as it moved from first plans to working institutions, streets, and neighbourhoods. You see how land, faith, commerce, and politics converged, and how decisions in council rooms echoed across farms, wharves, and classrooms in the making of Christchurch. Set within the wider Canterbury colonial settlement, the book keeps one eye on the Canterbury Association history that framed the venture and another on the people who had to make it function. For readers seeking a dependable New Zealand history reference, it offers a grounded view of Victorian era New Zealand and the forces that shaped the Canterbury region New Zealand into a distinctive province of New Zealand colonial history. It also serves as a useful starting point for Christchurch genealogy research, pointing you towards the civic records and family networks that held the town together. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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