Open AccessWorld Without Welfare Ahead of Us, or Behind?
Author(s) -
David Thomson
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of new zealand studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
0eISSN - 2324-3740
pISSN - 1176-306X
DOI - 10.26686/jnzs.v9i1.332
Subject(s) - recreation , perspective (graphical) , project commissioning , welfare , publishing , task (project management) , social welfare , management , sociology , history , economic history , political science , economics , law , art , visual arts
Wellington-based social historian David Grant began his tenure as J. D. Stout Fellow in New Zealand Cultural Studies on 1 April 1999. In broad terms, his project encompasses an assessment of the social and economic impact and importance of horse racing on our recreational, sporting, business and community cultures. Within this framework, he will record and explain the changes that have occurred in the industry from when Samuel Marsden first brought horses into this country in1814, until the present time. From any perspective his task is daunting, as he explains...