Fletchers by Paul Goldsmith - ISBN: 9781877378355
Hardcover
This book tells the story of how Fletcher, in its many manifestations over the decades, has transformed New Zealand’s built environment by constructing such renowned structures as the Auckland University Clock Tower and the Museum of New Zealand: Te Papa Tongarewa.

Fletchers

A Centennial History of Fletcher Building

$40.00

  • Hardcover

    392 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 2009

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Summary

“The idea that an old company is superior is nonsense. A business is only as good as the people that are in it at the time – they all make mistakes.”

Who would deny JC Fletcher’s dispassionate assessment of business reality? Most of New Zealand’s great business icons of the twentieth century have withered, disappeared or been swallowed by other firms. But a century after James Fletcher began his work in Dunedin, in 1909, Fletcher Building continues to perform as one of New Z…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781877378355
ISBN-10:1877378356
Author:Paul Goldsmith
Publisher:David Ling Publishing Limited
Imprint:David Ling Publishing Limited
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:392
Release Date:12 August 2009
Weight:950g
Dimensions:240mm x 165mm
About The Author

Paul Goldsmith

Paul Goldsmith is an Auckland writer. Since writing a biography of John Banks in the mid-1990s he has produced several biographies and histories, including The Myers (co-authored with Michael Bassett) and a political history of tax in New Zealand, We Won, You Lost. Eat That!

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