Download or read book The Village Transformed written by Montague Harry Holcroft and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""The purpose of this book" writes M.H. Holcroft, "is to examine changes in New Zealand life during the twentieth century" Drawing on nearly ninety years living in, and closely observing New Zealand, Holcroft examines in ten chapters a number of the areas in which change has been particularly felt -- amongst them: sexual mores; crime, violence and punishment; dress codes; race relations; restructuring in the Public Service; the "adversarial" tendency in New Zealand society ..."--Back cover.