Congratulations to PHANZA members Jared Davidson and Margaret Lovell-Smith for being shortlisted for the Beth Roth Award for labour history produced in 2023!
The full shortlist includes:
Ryan Bodman, Rugby League in New Zealand A People’s History, Bridget Williams Books, 2023.
Toby Boraman ‘Nullifying Austerity: Stoppages Against the Nil General Wage Order,’ New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 57, no. 2, 2023.
Jared Davidson, Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand, Bridget Williams Books, 2023.
Richard S. Hill and Steven Loveridge, Secret History State Surveillance in New Zealand, 1900–1956, Auckland University Press, 2023.
Olive Jones, Commune: Chasing a utopian dream in Aotearoa, Potton & Burton, 2023.
Kō Te Reo O Ngā Tāngata – The People’s Voice, Exhibition: Wellington City Light Boxes, Courtney Place, 2023. https://wellington.govt.nz/news-and-events/news-and-information/our-wellington/2023/02/cp-lightboxes
Peter Lineham ‘The Battle of the City Missioners: Religion, Poverty and the Depression in the 1930s’, New Zealand Journal of History, vol. 57, no. 1, 2023.
Margaret Lovell-Smith, I Don’t Believe in Murder: Standing up for Peace in World War I, University of Canterbury Press, 2023.
Greg Ryan, Continuous Ferment: A History of Beer and Brewing in New Zealand, Auckland University Press, 2023.
Joan Skinner, Labour of Love: A personal history of midwifery in Aotearoa, Massey University Press, 2023.
The winner will be announced at the Labour History Project AGM on 22 July 2024.
More details can be found here.