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Soldier Settlement in New Zealand After World War I: Two Case Studies
Author(s) -
ROCHE MICHAEL
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2002.tb01621.x
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , orthodoxy , interpretation (philosophy) , human settlement , history , world war ii , first world war , political science , archaeology , ancient history , economics , philosophy , finance , linguistics , payment
Historians and geographers have variously explored the WWI discharged soldier settlement schemes in New Zealand. The shared orthodoxy has emphasised the widespread failure of many of these soldier settlers and settlements. Recently there have been signs of a revisionist interpretation of the scheme. This paper extends this critique by considering the meanings of failure and success in broader terms through two New Zealand case studies. The discussion suggests that there were subtle graduations of both administrative and settler success and failure.