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vii, 520 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations Contents: On an even keel : peace, prosperity, consensus -- Loosening the bonds : new friends, new enemies -- Creating New Zealand : culture and character -- Leisure and popular pastimes : unsettling influences -- In ferment : contested and protested values -- Schisms : a society divided -- Feminism and gay rights : liberation and its legacy -- Race relations : renaissance and reassessment -- Transformations : doing the impossible -- 'Focused by events' : a second wave of reform -- Shifting tides : Maori, Pakeha and the Treaty after 1984 -- A plaited rope : immigration and its impact -- The 'earthly paradise' transformed Summary: A history of New Zealand since 1945. From a post-war society famous for dull conformity, this country has become one of the most ethnically, economically and socially diverse countries on Earth. (Back cover)