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Far from home : the English in New Zealand / edited by Lyndon Fraser & Angela McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English--New Zealand--History.
- English.
- Immigrants--New Zealand--History.
- Immigrants.
- History.
- England--Emigration and immigration--History.
- England.
- Emigration and immigration.
- New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History.
- New Zealand.
- Physical Description:
- 234 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dunedin, N.Z. : Otago University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- The English constitute the major immigrant group in New Zealand, but relatively little has been written about their identities and experiences compared to other migrant groups. Fraser (history, U. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) and McCarthy (Scottish and Irish history, U. of Otago, NZ) introduce new perspectives on the English diaspora to New Zealand, placing their migrations in the contexts of the British Empire; concerns with recruitment; the impact of English traditions (e.g., drinking practices, customs surrounding death); and lack of classification as a distinct ethnic group, e.g., in the eyes of the indigenous Maori population, and in records of asylum patients. The work includes photos and supporting tables and figures. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 The English Diaspora in New Zealand: New Perspectives / Lyndon Fraser Fraser, Lyndon, Angela McCarthy McCarthy, Angela 7
- 2 In Search of the English and Englishness / Stephen Constantine Constantine, Stephen 15
- 3 'Everything is English': Expectations, Experiences and Impacts of English Migrants to New Zealand, 1840-1970 / Marjory Harper Harper, Marjory 39
- 4 'Burton ale', London Porter and Kentish Hops: English Custom and Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Drinking Culture / Greg Ryan Ryan, Greg 61
- 5 Migrations and Ethnicity among English Migrants in New Zealand Asylums / Angela McCarthy McCarthy, Angela 81
- 6 Memory, Mourning and Melancholy: English Ways of Death on the Margins of Empire / Lyndon Fraser Fraser, Lyndon 99
- 7 Pakeha or English? Maori Understandings of Englishness in the Colonial Period / Lachlan Paterson Paterson, Lachlan 123
- 8 Arcadia Reinvented? Recounting the Recent Sentiments and Experiences of English Migrants to New Zealand / David Pearson Pearson, David 145
- 9 The 'New Chum': Writings of the English Diaspora in New Zealand, 1860-1914 / Janet Wilson Wilson, Janet 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781877578328
- 1877578320
- OCLC:
- 823752647
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