Working Lives C. 1900: A Photographic Essay

by Erik Olssen

For the men and women of the skilled trades in the early 20th century, the skills and knowledge of their respective crafts were a source of identity and pride. Together with the so-called unskilled, who built the infrastructure for the new society, these workers laid the cultural and social foundations of a new and fairer society. This book uses photographs to show two processes fundamental to creating a new society: the transformation of swamp into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877578517
• ISBN13: 9781877578519
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 10.6"