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Scottish ethnicity and the making of New Zealand society, 1850 to 1930 /
The Scots accounted for around a quarter of all UK-born immigrants to New Zealand between 1861 and 1945, but have only been accorded scant attention in New Zealand histories, specialist immigration histories and Scottish Diaspora Studies. This is peculiar because the flow of Scots to New Zealand, al...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Edinburgh Univ Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | Scottish historical review monographs series ;
no. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Scots accounted for around a quarter of all UK-born immigrants to New Zealand between 1861 and 1945, but have only been accorded scant attention in New Zealand histories, specialist immigration histories and Scottish Diaspora Studies. This is peculiar because the flow of Scots to New Zealand, although relatively unimportant to Scotland, constituted a sizable element to the country's much smaller population. Seen as adaptable, integrating relatively more quickly than other ethnic migrant groups in New Zealand, the Scots' presence was obscured by a fixation on the romanticised shortbread tin faÃʹade of Scottish identity overseas. Uncovering Scottish ethnicity from the verges of nostalgia, this study documents the notable imprint Scots left on New Zealand. It examines Scottish immigrant community life, culture and identity between 1850 and 1930. Key Features explores how Scottish immigrants negotiated their ethnicity and how that ethnicity fed into wider social structures in New Zealand argues that Scottish ethnicity functioned as a positive mechanism for integration into the new society shows that the Scots made a huge contribution contributed to the making of New Zealand society |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748646364 0748646361 9780748688777 0748688773 |