Matthew Wright (1) (1962–)
Auteur de Reed Illustrated History of New Zealand
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1962
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- New Zealand
- Lieux de résidence
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Professions
- author
- Organisations
- University College London
Royal Historical Society - Prix et distinctions
- Fellow, Royal Historical Society
Membres
Critiques
Listes
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 34
- Membres
- 155
- Popularité
- #135,097
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 100
Matthew Wright is a good clear writer, and pulls together primary and secondary sources to look at coal from geological origins, through fuelling the industrial revolution to the mixed views of it today. I felt the book sometimes was a bit high level, and could have done with more specific narrative explaining how coal was worked. The political and social context was well described but sometimes it felt as though the details of the coal industry itself were a bit glossed over. It would have been good to have much more detailed descriptions of the process of coal extraction, more details of life in coal communities and a bit more detail about the process of nationalisation.
The book is well edited, the only annoyance being the gross overuse of the word dissonance!
These are minor quibbles - for the general reader this book provides a good overview of the importance of coal in developing New Zealand, in our politics and economy and hints of its uncertain future.… (plus d'informations)