A Companion Website to
Building the New World
By Erik Olssen
Exploring work, politics and society in Caversham, Dunedin
1880s-1920s, Building the New World is an interesting but dense book. Explore this website as you read to help understand the content of the book.
1880s-1920s, Building the New World is an interesting but dense book. Explore this website as you read to help understand the content of the book.
We may have lost their world, and the world of Caversham was not merely New Zealand writ small, but we are as we find ourselves because that world once existed.
— Erik Olssen, Building the New World, (New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1995), 261.
— Erik Olssen, Building the New World, (New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1995), 261.
Website created by Olivia Gardenier.
Image Reference: Erik Olssen Building the New World, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1995 (Scan of front cover, permitted under the Copyright Act).