Littledene : patterns of change / H. C. D. Somerset.
Material type: TextSeries: Educational research series ; 51.Publication details: Wellington [New Zealand] : New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1974.Edition: Enlarged editionDescription: xxii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- Social surveys -- New Zealand -- Littledene
- Education -- New Zealand
- Sociology, Rural
- Country life -- New Zealand
- Community life
- Cities and towns -- New Zealand
- Education and state -- New Zealand -- History
- Canterbury (N.Z.) -- History
- New Zealand -- Social conditions
- New Zealand -- Rural conditions
- New Zealand -- Economic conditions
- Canterbury (England)
- HN930.5.A8 S65 1974
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Heritage & Archives | Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections | Reference - not for loan | 993.87 SOM | 1 | Reference Only | T00074502 |
Contains the author's Littledene, first published in 1938, and an incomplete sequel, Littledene revisited.
First edition published in 1938.
Includes bibliographical references.
The geographical, historical, and economic patterns -- Homes and home-makers -- Work and leisure -- Social organisation -- Passing the time -- The great society and the little -- Children and schools -- Adult education.
"The original Littledene was published in 1938 ... to describe experiments which had attempted to improve the secondary schooling being offered in rural communities" --Foreword.
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