Real modern : everyday New Zealand in the 1950s and 1960s / Bronwyn Labrum.
"The decades of the 1950s and '60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles and mid-century design. In New Zealand, these years have been remembered in popular culture as a 'golden age' of God, Queen and Count...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Wellington, New Zealand :
Te Papa Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | "The decades of the 1950s and '60s continue to exert a powerful fascination, as seen in the lasting popularity of Mad Men, Crown Lynn collectibles and mid-century design. In New Zealand, these years have been remembered in popular culture as a 'golden age' of God, Queen and Country, full employment, the baby boom, Sir Edmund Hillary and 'Ladies, a plate!' - as well as the birth of the teenager and the seedbed of later change. But what was life really like? Real modern tells a vibrant and varied story of real life in this compelling era through images and, above all, objects. It is a rich compendium of the things that New Zealanders acquired and desired, that they used at school, work or play, and that they wore and saw around the country."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 429 pages : illustrations, photographs (some colour) ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0994104170 9780994104175 |