Unpacking the kists : the Scots in New Zealand / Brad Patterson, Tom Brooking and Jim McAloon, with Rebecca Lenihan and Tanja Bueltmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Brad, author.

Brooking, Tom, 1949- author.

McAloon, Jim, author.

Bueltmann, Tanja, author.

Lenihan, Rebecca, author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 34.

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--New Zealand--History.

Scots.

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Scotland.

New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History.

New Zealand.

Physical Description:

xx, 412 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Historians have suggested that Scottish influences are more pervasive in New Zealand than in any other country outside Scotland, yet curiously New Zealand's Scots migrants have previously attracted only limited attention. A thorough and interdisciplinary work, Unpacking the Kists is the first in-depth study of New Zealand's Scots migrants and their impact on an evolving settler society. The authors establish the dimensions of Scottish migration to New Zealand, the principal source areas, the migrants' demographic characteristics, and where they settled in the new land. Drawing from extended case-studies, they examine how migrants adapted to their new environment and the extent of longevity in diverse areas including the economy, religion, politics, education, and folkways. They also look at the private worlds of family, neighbourhood, and community, customs of everyday life and leisure pursuits, and expressions of both high and low forms of transplanted culture. A through and interdisciplinary work, Unpacking the Kists illustrates the historic contributions Scots made to New Zealand culture by retaining their ethnic connections and at the same time interacting with other ethnic groups. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Taking Stock: New Zealand's Scottish Migrants 3

2 Distinguishing Former Worlds: Who Were New Zealand's Scottish Migrants? 21

3 Diaspora or Dispersion? Scottish Settlement Patterns in New Zealand 56

4 Success in a Settler Society: The Scots in New Zealand Economic Life 84

5 Building New Worlds: Scottish Contributions to New Zealand Civil Society 116

6 Transforming the Landscape: Scots and the New Zealand Environment 144

7 "Brither Scots Shoulder tae Shoulder": Scottish Associational Culture in New Zealand 173

8 Hearth and Home: Cultural Traditions, Old World Customs, and New World Habits 197

9 Occupying the Non-Working Hours: Piety, Leisure, and Discourse 224

10 New Zealand's Place in the Scottish Diaspora and Settler Worlds 255.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Patterson, Brad, author. Unpacking the kists.

ISBN:

9780773541900

077354190X

OCLC:

843859478