Ebook: Girls and Women, Men and Boys: Gender in Taradale 1886-1930

Cover Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Gender and the Taradale Community; 2 Family and Community; 3 The Household and Local Economy; 4 Women's Work; 5 Men's Work; 6 Communal Leisure; 7 Feminine Leisure; 8 Masculine Leisure; Conclusion; Appendix A: Oral Informants; Appendix B: Occupational Categories for Men; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.;New Zealand is now rich in studies of women's separate lives, and histories of men are growing apace. However, Girls and Women, Men and Boys aims to investigate the interactions and interconnectedness of women's and men's history by focusing on one community, Taradale, over the half-century between its achieving town district status in 1886 and the devastating 1931 earthquake. These people lived in a community which revolved around family life and family ties. Yet within their shared space they often had different experiences, at home, at school, at work or at leisure. And during this pe.