REVIEWS

AN ACCIDENTAL UTOPIA? SOCIAL MOBILITY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN EGALITARIAN SOCIETY, 1880–1940,ERIK OLSSEN, CLYDE GRIFFEN AND FRANK JONES (2009) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 472 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 64 3 (pbk), NZ$49.95 BEYOND THE SCENE: LANDSCAPE AND IDENTITY IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, JANET STEPHENSON, MICK ABBOTT AND JACINTA RURU (EDS) (2010) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 224 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 81 0 (pbk), £18.50 MAKING OUR PLACE: EXPLORING LAND-USE TENSIONS IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, JACINTA RURU, JANET STEPHENSON AND MICK ABBOTT (EDS) (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 240 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 88 9 (pbk), £18.50 SEEDS OF EMPIRE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF NEW ZEALAND, TOM BROOKING AND ERIC PAWSON (2011) London: I.B. Tauris, 296 pp., ISBN 978 184511797 9 (hbk), £59.50 A GREAT NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER? REAPPRAISING WILLIAM FERGUSON MASSEY, JAMES WATSON, LACHY PATERSON (ED.) (2011) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 176 pp., ISBN 978 1 877578 07 6 (pbk), NZ$40 INDIA IN NEW ZEALAND: LOCAL IDENTITIES, GLOBAL RELATIONS, SEKHAR BANDYOPADHYAY (ED.) (2010) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 269 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 85 8 (pbk), NZ$49.95 CHANGING CONTEXTS – SHIFTING MEANINGS: TRANSFORMATIONS OF CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN OCEANIA, ELFRIEDE HERMANN (ED.) (2011) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 384 pp., ISBN 978 0 8248 3366 4 (hbk), US$58.00 INTERPRETING CORRUPTION: CULTURE AND POLITICS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, PETER LARMOUR (2012) Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 208 pp., ISBN 978 0 8248 3514 9 (pbk), US$49.00 FROM KAI TO KIWI KITCHEN: NEW ZEALAND CULINARY TRADITIONS AND COOKBOOKS, HELEN LEACH (ED.) (2010) Dunedin: Otago University Press, 208 pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 75 9 (pbk), NZ$40 DIRECTORY OF WORLD CINEMA: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, BEN GOLDSMITH AND GEOFF LEALAND (EDS) (2010) Bristol: Intellect Books, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 84150 373 8 (pbk), £15.95 MAKING FILM AND TELEVISION HISTORIES: AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, JAMES E. BENNETT AND REBECCA BEIRNE (EDS) (2012) London: I.B. Tauris and Co. Ltd, 320 pp., ISBN 978 1 84885 944 9 (pbk), £19.99 HOME, LAND AND SEA: SITUATING MUSIC IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND, GLENDA KEAM AND TONY MITCHELL (EDS) (2011) North Shore: Pearson, 292 pp., ISBN 978 1 442516328 (pbk), NZ$78.99 THE FRAME FUNCTION: AN INSIDE-OUT GUIDE TO THE NOVELS OF JANET FRAME, JAN CRONIN (2011) Auckland: Auckland University Press, 222 pp., ISBN 978 1 86940 486 4 (pbk), £23.95 SWEET AS: JOURNEYS IN A NEW ZEALAND SUMMER, GARTH CARTWRIGHT (2011) Auckland: Allen & Unwin, 306 pp., ISBN 978 1 87750508 9 (pbk), NZ$39.99