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

• Autore: Patterson Brad
• Pubblicazione: Montréal, Québec : ; New Zealand : , : McGill-Queen's University Press : , : Otago University Press, , 2013; {copy}2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Disciplina: 993.0049163
• Soggetto topico: Scots - New Zealand - History
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland Emigration and immigration History; New Zealand Emigration and immigration History
• Persona (resp. second.): BrookingTom <1949-, >; McAloonJim; LenihanRebecca; BueltmannTanja
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, community, customs of everyday life and leisure pursuits, and expressions of both high and low forms of transplanted culture. Adding to international scholarship on migrations and cultural adaptations, Unpacking the Kists demonstrates the historic contributions Scots made to New Zealand culture by retaining their ethnic connections and at the same time interacting with other ethnic groups.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unpacking the kists
• ISBN: 0-7735-8978-3; 0-7735-8977-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790896603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. : Series two ; ; 34.