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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453348503321

Autore

Patterson Brad

Titolo

Unpacking the kists : the scots in New Zealand / / Brad Patterson [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montréal, Québec : ; New Zealand : , : McGill-Queen's University Press : , : Otago University Press, , 2013

{copy}2013

ISBN

0-7735-8978-3

0-7735-8977-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

993.0049163

Soggetti

Scots - New Zealand - History

Electronic books.

Scotland Emigration and immigration History

New Zealand Emigration and immigration History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Taking Stock: New Zealand's Scottish Migrants -- Distinguishing Former Worlds: Who Were New Zealand's Scottish Migrants? -- Diaspora or Dispersion? Scottish Settlement Patterns in New Zealand -- Success in a Settler Society: The Scots in New Zealand Economic Life -- Building New Worlds: Scottish Contributions to New Zealand Civil Society -- Transforming the Landscape: Scots and the New Zealand Environment -- "Brither Scots Shoulder tae Shoulder": Scottish Associational Culture in New Zealand -- Hearth and Home: Cultural Traditions, Old World Customs, and New World Habits -- Occupying the Non-Working Hours: Piety, Leisure, and Discourse -- New Zealand's Place in the Scottish Diaspora and Settler Worlds.