Scottish ethnicity and the making of New Zealand society, 1850 to 1930 / Tanja Bueltmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bueltmann, Tanja, author.

Series:

Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 19.

Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--New Zealand--History.

Scots.

New Zealand--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

New Zealand.

New Zealand--Foreign population.

New Zealand--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 all the more 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 façade of Scottish identity overseas. Uncovering Scottish ethnicity from the verges of nostalgia, this study documents the notable imprint Scots left on New Zealand. The book examines Scottish immigrant community life, culture and identity between 1850 and 1930, and: *explores informal and formal networks, associational life and transferred cultural practices to capture how Scottish immigrants negotiated their ethnicity, but also how that ethnicity fed into wider social structures in New Zealand; *argues that Scottish ethnicity in New Zealand functioned more as a positive mechanism for integration into the new society than as a protective and defensive source of reassurance and comfort; and*contends that Scots contributed disproportionately to the making of New Zealand society.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE 'Proverbially Inclined to Roam Abroad': Empire, Identity, and Scottish Emigration to New Zealand; CHAPTER TWO 'Feeble Pen and Paper'? The Personal Correspondence and Epistolary Practices of Scottish Migrants; CHAPTER THREE 'Brither Scots Shoulder tae Shoulder': An Evolutionary Perspective on Scottish Associationalism; CHAPTER FOUR Ethnic Identity, Networks and Social Capital: The Anatomy and Function of Scottish Associationalism

CHAPTER FIVE 'The Lusty Sports of "Caledonia, Stern and Wild" ': Caledonian Games in New Zealand CHAPTER SIX Collective Rememberings of Home: Robert Burns as a Site of Memory; CHAPTER SEVEN 'Far distant from their native land': Locating New Zealand in the Scottish Diaspora; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-5355-4

1-283-25274-0

9786613252746

0-7486-4636-1

OCLC:

749264656