New Zealand: "The Small Utopia"
| Title | New Zealand: "The Small Utopia" |
| Year for Search | 1962 |
| Authors | Melvin, Kenneth [Hector](1905-69) |
| Date Published | 1962 |
| Publisher | Collins |
| Place Published | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Keywords | Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author |
| Annotation | New Zealand as a eutopia. A picture book about New Zealand that explicitly contends that it is a eutopia. The epigram to the book is a poem from "'The Book of Tao': II-LXXX: Laotse translated by K.C. Lee", which is used with minor variations as chapter headings: "Let there be a small country, with small populationWhere the supply of goods is tenfold or hundredfold more than they can use: Let people value their lives and not migrate far. Though armour and weapons exist, there is no occasion to display them. Let them enjoy their food, beautify their clothing, be satisfied with their homes, delight in their customs; Needing never to move outside their own country" (5). |
| Holding Institutions | ATL |
| Author Note | Aotearoa/New Zealand author (1905-69) |
| Full Text | 1962 Melvin, Kenneth [Hector] (1905-69). New Zealand: “The Small Utopia”. Auckland, New Zealand: Collins. ATL New Zealand as a eutopia. A picture book about New Zealand that explicitly contends that it is a eutopia. The epigram to the book is a poem from “‘The Book of Tao’: II-LXXX: Laotse translated by K.C. Lee”, which is used, with minor variations, as chapter headings: “Let there be a small country, with small population Where the supply of goods is tenfold or hundredfold more than they can use: Let people value their lives and not migrate far. Though armour and weapons exist, there is no occasion to display them. Let them enjoy their food, beautify their clothing, be satisfied with their homes, delight in their customs; Needing never to move outside their own country” (5). Aotearoa/New Zealand author |
