The Truth About New Zealand (Books), Blenheim in Blenheim, Marlborough for sale

Previous owner's signature and bookstore's rubber stamp on front endpaper. Some marginalia on final blank page.; First book edition, revised from the first publication in Field's newspaper the"Examiner". 189, [2] pages. Printed orange paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 186 x 124mm. Revisionist history of New Zealand. History of the Bank of New Zealand and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Banking history. Reserve Bank Act. Sir George Grey; Sir Julius Vogel; Messrs. Rothschild; Socialism in New Zealand."The matter herein is the story of how New Zealand came to jump from the frying-pan of Capitalism into the fire of Socialism."- from the Preface. Field was influential in the 1930s in right-wing political discourse. Selected chapter titles: A Flaw in the Foundations; Paying the Piper; What History Shows; The Bank Comes Back for More; International Finance Moves In; Labour's Money System; The Servile State; Socialists and Socialism; The Great Marxian Hoax; A Solvent Banking System; Freedom versus Monopoly; The Road to Prosperity; Debt and Other Things; Planning's Bedfellows. Postscript. ; 12mo
Author
A. N. [Arthur Nelson (188 Field
Title
The Truth About New Zealand
Publisher name
A. N. Field, Nelson
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1939
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d