Reading Matters: A History of the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute by Jim Sullivan.
Reading Matters: A History of the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute by Jim Sullivan.
Publisher: Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, 2013 , first edition.
Hardback with jacket, near new with no inscriptions.
221 pages, illustrated.
"During the nineteenth century dozens of mechanics' institutes and athenaeums were established in New Zealand to provide educational and literacy opportunities for the new settlers. Founded in 1851, the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mecahanics' institute is the only one to survive under its original rules. Reading matters tells the 162-year story of the institution."--Jacket flap.
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