Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930

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ID8126748
AuthorsTanja Bueltmann (0000-0001-8493-2750, corresponding author)
Year2011
Publication date2011-07-07
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueScottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1515/9780748646364
OpenAlexW4300111592
ISBN9780748646364
Open LibraryOL37139250M
LanguageEN
Citations received3

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 façade 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 Featuresexplores how Scottish immigrants negotiated their ethnicity and how that ethnicity fed into wider social structures in New Zealandargues that Scottish ethnicity functioned as a positive mechanism for integration into the new societyshows that the Scots made a huge contribution contributed to the making of New Zealand society

Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Irish and British Studies · Scottish History and National Identity

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