Background
Olssen, Erik Newland was born on December 14, 1941 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Son of Edwin Alexander and Nancy (Benning) Olssen.
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The "Red" Federation of Labour began in the coal mines of the West Coast of New Zealand and grew to play a key role in the transformation of the Labour movement. This history of the Federation thoroughly examines the unionization of unskilled workers, the revolutionary leaders, and the origins of militancy in the Labour movement. Olssen also looks at the daily lives of workers in key industries and trades and at the conditions of life in the cities.
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During the 19th century, men in leading industrialized societies came to be characterized by their occupations-miner, servant, farmer, doctor. The first substantial wave of British immigrants into New Zealand brought this way of thinking and subsequent waves strengthened it. By the early 1900s, it was a unionized society categorized by the breadwinner's wage, which in turn largely determined the chances his wife and children would be given in life. The New Zealand census reflected this attitude by introducing an occupational census, largely ignoring many features of the colonial workforce and following its British counterpart. Class and Occupation is the first systematic attempt to identify New Zealand's actual occupational structure from 1893 to 1938, using the information gathered by the census. Six essays consider how best to construct an occupational structure for both the whole country and for regions/localities within it. Identification of changes in occupational structure occurring across the period casts light on social change in New Zealand and, significantly, women's participation in the paid non-agricultural workforce.
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Olssen, Erik Newland was born on December 14, 1941 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Son of Edwin Alexander and Nancy (Benning) Olssen.
Bachelor, Otago U., Dunedin, New Zealand, 1964; Master of Arts, Otago U., Dunedin, New Zealand, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1970.
Lecturer, Otago U., Dunedin, since 1969; professor, Otago U., Dunedin, since 1984. Member policy committee Dictionary New Zealand Biography, since 1985, acting chairman, 1981-1983.
(The "Red" Federation of Labour began in the coal mines of...)
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Member policy committee Goldfields Park, Dunedin, 1976-1981. Member curriculum committee Department Education, 1980-1984. Treasurer Committee on Vietnam, Dunedin, 1969-1972.
Board directors New Zealand History Places Trust, 1986-1993. Member special committee Alexander Turnbull Library., since 1986. President New Zealand History Association, 1983-1984.
Member social science advising committee Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, since 1997.
Married Andree Levesque, 1968 (divorced). Children: Karl, Stéphane. Married Annabel Cooper, May 9, 1990.
