Blood & Dirt. Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand. NEW.

Jared Davidson.

A groundbreaking history of the use of prison labour in nineteenth century New Zealand and also it’s Pacific empire. The author contends that penal practice played an active, central role in the creation of much we now take for granted in our modern world. The story ranges from the Hohi mission station in the Bay of Islands to Milford Sound, forest plantations and even Parliament itself. Illustrated with interesting and little known photographs.

Bridget Williams Books Ltd., Wellington, 2023.

ISBN 9781991033406

Hardback, no dust jacket as published.

NEW. Fine condition.