Christchurch Ruptures

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Christchurch Ruptures is written by Katie Pickles and published by Bridget Williams Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0908321309 (ISBN 10) and 9780908321308 (ISBN 13).

The devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch in 2011 did more than rupture the surface of the city, argues historian Katie Pickles. It created a definitive endpoint to a history shaped by omission, by mythmaking, and by ideological storytelling. In this multi-layered BWB Text, Pickles uncovers what was lost that February day, drawing out the different threads of Christchurch’s colonial history and demonstrating why we should not attempt to knit them back together. This is an incisive analysis of the way a city’s character is interlinked with its geo-spatial appearance: when the latter changes, so too must the former.