Children's Health, The Nation's Wealth

Stock Code:
BAE2034
Price:
$35.00

Description

Children's Health, The Nation's Wealth: A History of Children's Health Camps by Margaret Tennant. Published in conjunction with 'Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand. 'In 1922 the Wanganui Chronicle reported that a Turakina farm was 'fattening more valuable stock than it has ever fattened before in is pastoral records'. The 'stock' comprised delicate and supposedly malnourished children who, since 1919, had been sent to summer health camps run by the formidable Dr Elizabeth Gunn. The history of children's health camps provides a fascinating study of attitudes and policies relating to childhood in New Zealand. Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth charts changes in the social construction of health and childhood. Extensively illustrated, and enlivened by personalities and anecdotes, it contains a valuable case study of the relationship between the state and a voluntary movement over eight decades.' The book has light to medium general wear but remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Tennant, Margret
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Bridget Williams Books, NZ
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    X3
  • ISBN:
    0908912684
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    295
  • Publish Date:
    1994
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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