The making of New Zealanders / / Ron Palenski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824139003321
• Autore: Palenski Ron
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Auckland, N.Z. : , : Auckland University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-77558-652-9; 1-86940-756-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (390 p.)
• Disciplina: 390
• Soggetti: Nationalism - New Zealand - History; National characteristics, New Zealand - History; New Zealanders - Ethnic identity - History; New Zealand Social life and customs 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Orthographical note; Introduction; One: From Many to One: Linking the 'Fishing Villages'; Two: The Press Stirred into New Life; Three: The Symbols of 'Godzone'; Four: Was New Zealand Exceptional?; Five: 'New Zealand for the New Zealanders'; Six: For God, for Queen and for (Which?) Country; Seven: Forging a National Identity Through Sport; Eight: In Thrall to the Oval Ball; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: Examining the development of a sense of national identity in a British colony, this highly authoritative work is a valuable addition to the literature in New Zealand. By looking at the onset of home-grown shipping, railway, and telegraph networks as well as at the Maori and kiwi experiences, not to mention the emergence of rugby teams, this book accounts for how transplanted Britons, and others, turned themselves into New Zealanders-a distinct group of people with their own songs and sports, symbols and opinions, political traditions, and sense