A Popular Vision: The Arts and the Left in New Zealand 1930-1950
Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- [dedication]
- Introduction p. 1
- Chapter One: The Rise and Fall of the Popular Front
- [introduction] p. 9
- The Popular Front in New Zealand p. 14
- War and Peace p. 17
- Politics and Art in the 1930s p. 21
- Chapter Two: Tomorrow
- [introduction] p. 26
- An Independent, Critical Journal p. 32
- 'A Land of Dreadful Silence' p. 35
- The Silencing of Tomorrow p. 40
- 'A Country Serving under Gross Masters' p. 44
- The New Culture p. 49
- Chapter Three: The Left Book Club
- [introduction] p. 61
- The Left Book Club in New Zealand p. 65
- 'A Social and Cultural Life of the Left' p. 69
- Political Education p. 76
- Spreading the Doctrine of Socialism p. 82
- The Demise of the Left Book Club p. 85
- Epilogue p. 86
- Chapter Four: The Cooperative Book Movement
- [introduction] p. 88
- The Origins of the Co-Op Bookshops p. 89
- A Bookshop 'Run by Readers for Readers' p. 96
- Politics, Books and Book-keeping p. 101
- The Christchurch Co-op Bookshop p. 102
- Progressive Books p. 110
- Modern Books, Wellington p. 115
- Modern Books, Dunedin p. 125
- The Changing Cultural Climate p. 127
- Epilogue p. 135
- Chapter Five: The Progressive Publishing Society
- [introduction] p. 138
- The Books p. 145
- The Critics p. 148
- The Market p. 156
- The Collapse of the PPS p. 161
- The Aftermath p. 164
- Chapter Six: Left Theatre
- R.A.K. Mason and the People's Theatre p. 173
- The Hamilton People's Theatre p. 193
- Wellington and Unity Theatre
- [untitled] p. 198
- The Extrav
- The Teachers' Training College Drama Club p. 203
- Unity Theatre p. 205
- Conclusion p. 223
- Appendices p. 235
- Notes
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Bibliography p. 268
- Primary Sources p. 268
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Secondary Sources p. 273
- (i) Books p. 273
- (ii) Articles p. 276
- (iii) Unpublished papers and theses p. 278
- Index p. 280