{"product_id":"9781775480785","title":"The Passionless People Revisited: New Zealanders in the 21st Century","description":"When The Passionless People - an examination of New Zealand society and its people - was first published in 1976 it was a sensation, selling tens of thousands of copies. Its title became part of the language. More than thirty years on — have New Zealanders changed?  The Passionless People Revisited is Gordon McLauchlan at his most outspoken: “Thirty-five years ago in The Passionless People I called New Zealanders ‘Smiling Zombies’ – the living dead but happy enough about it, even smug. Then, we were still relatively affluent. But now, we are ‘Frowning Zombies’, still the living dead but impotently aware we have been drifting towards social and economic disaster for decades.”  \"A major difference between 1976 and now is we have leased our home and are paying rent and homage to outsiders. We have become an economic colony, mainly of Australia.”  McLauchlan covers a broad spectrum of cultural, social and political issues in this witty, insightful and no-holds-barred look at New Zealand today.","brand":"Bateman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136849985776,"sku":"9781775480785","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781775480785_p0.jpg?v=1763710773","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781775480785","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}