Strangers arrive : emigrés and the arts in New Zealand, 1930-1980 /

From the 1930s through the 1950s, a substantial number of forced migrants, refugees from Nazism, displaced people after World War II and escapees from Communist countries, arrived in New Zealand from Europe. Among them were an extraordinary group of artists and writers, photographers and architects...

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Main Author:	Bell, Leonard, 1945- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Immigrants > New Zealand > History > 20th century. Refugees > Europe > History > 20th century. Arts > New Zealand > History > 20th century. New Zealand > Social life and customs > 20th century. New Zealand > Intellectual life > 20th century. New Zealand > Civilization > 20th century.

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Summary:	From the 1930s through the 1950s, a substantial number of forced migrants, refugees from Nazism, displaced people after World War II and escapees from Communist countries, arrived in New Zealand from Europe. Among them were an extraordinary group of artists and writers, photographers and architects whose European modernism radically reshaped the arts in this country.
Physical Description:	310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781869408732 186940873X