Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Myer Robinson

Stock Code:
BAE5903
Price:
$25.00

Description

Urban Legend" Sir Dove-Myer Robinson by John Edgar. 'Every Aucklander of a certain age knows that we should have listened to Mayor Robbie back in the 1970s' Labour Party MP Phil Twyford..' 'But who was Mayor Robbie? and why is he still relevant today? Sir Dove-Myer Robinson, Aukland's longest serving mayor, was a contradiction - a man who cared for his fellow citizens sometimes more than for his own family; an environmentalist who made his money as a capitalist manufacturer; and a trail-blazing green politician who advocated rapid rail but loved luxury cars. Yet the paradox worked. Mayor Robbie, as he was affectionately known, became a remarkable figure, stroppily out of step with his political peers. Where they were largely men (and women) of their own time, or in some cases harked back to some recent past, he was a reformer and a progressive.' The book has light to medium general wear with creasing of the covers and curling at the page corners but overall a tidy copy.

Details

  • Author:
    Edgar, John
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Hodder Moa Publishers
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    Y5
  • ISBN:
    9781869712747
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    304
  • Publish Date:
    2012
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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