Colonial Tears & Sweat: The Working-class in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand

Reed, 1984. Hardback with DW in good condition.

This book tells the story of these forgotten immigrants whose presence, though unacknowledged, was vital so that others could prosper.Special emphasis is made of the lot of single women, domestic servants and children, for it was they who, along with the less respectable class of immigrant suffered most.