Excerpt from The State: The Rudiments of New Zealand Sociology for the Use of Beginners The original intention with regard to this book was that it should be used by young Maoris able to understand easy English, and that the purpose of the book should be to give them clear ideas with regard to the institutions existing around them. Some progress had been made in this direction, when it became evident that, if such subjects as rent and value were to be dealt with, the original extreme simplicity of matter and of language could not be maintained throughout; and it was equally clear that unless these subjects and many others of equal difficulty were dealt with the book would be of but small utility. Accordingly the standard of difficulty was raised, and made such that young men educated at Native boarding-schools might be expected to find the new chapters just within their grasp. But then it seemed plain that if the book could thus be made suitable for this class of readers it would also be easy, by somewhat extending the scope, to make it serve the purpose of a general introduction to sociological subjects for European beginners of any age. With this object in view, therefore, fully one-half of the book was written. A few chapters of a somewhat more advanced character were added to make the work fairly complete within certain limits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The State: The Rudiments of New Zealand Sociology for the Use of Beginners There is another purpose for which the book may possibly be of use. It covers 'the whole (and much more than the whole) of the ground taken up by the social science prescribed for the Sixth Standard of the public schools. As all the chapters in the book have been constructed on skeletons, it is very likely that most of them are in a convenient form for use as notes of lessons on social-science subjects. Probably a perusal of Chapters XIII. - XVI., for instance, would give a teacher who had never made such subjects a study the frame work for a series of suitable lessons on exchange, money, banks, and business. Similarly, a brief study of Chapters XXI - X. - XXXII. Would yield a teacher. A series of easily manageable lessons on the government of New Zealand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the various sociologies of New Zealand from the late 19th century to the present day. Opening with previously undocumented insights into the history of proto-sociology in New Zealand, the book then explores the parallel stories of the discipline both as a mainstream subject in Sociology departments and as a more diffuse ‘sociology’ within other university units .The rise and fall of departments, specialties and research networks is plotted and the ways in which external and internal factors have shaped these is explained. Different generations of sociologists, including many immigrants, are each shown to have left their unique mark on New Zealand sociology. The author demonstrates that the rising interest in topics specific to New Zealand has been accompanied by increasing capacities to contribute to world sociology. This book will have inter-disciplinary appeal across the social sciences and provides a valuable study of the development of sociology in a semi-peripheral country.