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... This Book Sets The Record Straight Aout New Zealand's History By Examining Our Society From The Perspectives Of Those Thousands Of Workers Whose Lives Were Only Rarely Recorded Because No-one Thought Them Important Enough To Be Recorded. All Of Us Who Have Listened To Our Parents An Grandparents Tell Their Stories And Know That The History Of Working People Is Rich And Vital And Essential To Our Knowledge Of Ourselves... -- Foreword (page 6). Part One 1890-1935: -- The End Of The Old World -- Working The Land -- Factory Hands And Serving Maids -- A Fair Days Pay -- A World Of Togetherness -- Struggles For Power -- Why Remain Drudges? -- Part Two 1935-1990: -- Working On -- Flush Times, Bust Times -- A World Still Together -- Struggling On -- Unions -- The End Of The New World. Stevan Eldred-grigg. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 243-244) And Index.