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This book explores the question of whether the conceptualisation of
New Zealand as a welcoming nation is accurate. Examining historical
and contemporary narratives of migrant and refugee discrimination,
it considers the economic, social, political, cultural and
historical contexts from which discrimination emerges and its
repercussions. Alert to race and ethnicity, gender, age, class,
religion and inter-ethnic migrant conflict, this volume traverses
an array of discriminatory practices - including xenophobia, racism
and sectarianism - and responses to them. With rich evidence,
fascinating new insights and engagement comparatively and
transnationally with global themes of exploitation, exclusion and
inequalities, Narratives of Migrant and Refuge Discrimination in
New Zealand will appeal to scholars across the humanities and
social sciences with interests in migration and diaspora studies,
race and ethnicity and refugee studies.
This international edited book collection of ten original
contributions from established and emerging scholars explores
aspects of Ireland's place in the world since the 1780s. It
imaginatively blends comparative, transnational, and personal
perspectives to examine migration in a range of diverse
geographical locations including Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Argentina,
Jamaica, and the British Empire more broadly. Deploying diverse
sources including letters, interviews, press reports, convict
records, and social media, contributors canvas important themes
such as slavery, convicts, policing, landlordism, print culture,
loyalism, nationalism, sectarianism, politics, and electronic
media. A range of perspectives including Catholic and Protestant,
men and women, convicts and settlers are included, and the volume
is accompanied by a range of striking images.
This book examines the distinctive aspects that insiders and
outsiders perceived as characteristic of Irish and Scottish ethnic
identities in New Zealand. When, how, and why did Irish and Scots
identify themselves and others in ethnic terms? What
characteristics did the Irish and the Scots attribute to themselves
and what traits did others assign to them? Did these traits change
over time and if so how? Contemporary interest surrounding issues
of ethnic identities is vibrant. In countries such as New Zealand,
descendants of European settlers are seeking their ethnic origins,
spurred on in part by factors such as an ongoing interest in
indigenous genealogies, the burgeoning appeal of family history
societies, and the booming financial benefits of marketing
ethnicities abroad. This fascinating book will appeal to scholars
and students of the history of empire and the construction of
identity in settler communities, as well as those interested in the
history of New Zealand. -- .
Most investigations of foreign-born migrants emphasize the
successful adjustment and settlement of newcomers. Yet suicide,
heavy drinking, violence, family separations, and domestic
disharmony were but a few of the possible struggles experienced by
those who relocated abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and were among the chief reasons for committal to an
asylum. Significant analysis of this problem, addressing the
interconnected issues of migration, ethnicity, and insanity, has to
date received little attention from the scholarly community. This
international collection examines the difficulties that migrants
faced in adjustment abroad, through a focus on migrants and mobile
peoples, issues of ethnicity, and the impact of migration on the
mental health of refugees. It further extends the migration
paradigm beyond patients to incorporate the international exchange
of medical ideas and institutional practices, and the recruitment
of a medical workforce. These issues are explored through case
studies which utilize different social and cultural historical
methods, but with a shared twin purpose: to uncover the related
histories of migration, ethnicity, and mental health, and to extend
existing scholarly frameworks and findings in this under-developed
field of inquiry.
In contrast to much scholarship on cross-cultural encounters, which
focuses primarily on contact between indigenous peoples and
'settlers' or 'sojourners', this book is concerned with migrant
aspects of this phenomenon - whether migrant-migrant or
migrant-host encounters - bringing together studies from a variety
of perspectives on cross-cultural encounters, their past, and their
resonances across the contemporary Asia-Pacific region. Organised
thematically into sections focusing on 'imperial encounters' of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 'identities' in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries, and 'contemporary citizenship' and the
ways in which this is complicated by mobility and cross-cultural
encounters, the volume presents studies of New Zealand, Singapore,
Australia, Vanuatu, Mauritius and China to highlight key themes of
mobility, intimacies, ethnicity and 'race', heritage and diaspora,
through rich evidence such as photographs, census data, the arts
and interviews. Demonstrating the importance of multidisciplinary
ways of looking at migrant cross-cultural encounters through
blending historical and social science methodologies from a range
of disciplinary backgrounds, Migrant Cross-Cultural Encounters in
Asia and the Pacific will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists,
cultural geographers and historians with interests in migration,
mobility and cross-cultural encounters.
In contrast to much scholarship on cross-cultural encounters, which
focuses primarily on contact between indigenous peoples and
'settlers' or 'sojourners', this book is concerned with migrant
aspects of this phenomenon - whether migrant-migrant or
migrant-host encounters - bringing together studies from a variety
of perspectives on cross-cultural encounters, their past, and their
resonances across the contemporary Asia-Pacific region. Organised
thematically into sections focusing on 'imperial encounters' of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries, 'identities' in the twentieth
and twenty-first centuries, and 'contemporary citizenship' and the
ways in which this is complicated by mobility and cross-cultural
encounters, the volume presents studies of New Zealand, Singapore,
Australia, Vanuatu, Mauritius and China to highlight key themes of
mobility, intimacies, ethnicity and 'race', heritage and diaspora,
through rich evidence such as photographs, census data, the arts
and interviews. Demonstrating the importance of multidisciplinary
ways of looking at migrant cross-cultural encounters through
blending historical and social science methodologies from a range
of disciplinary backgrounds, Migrant Cross-Cultural Encounters in
Asia and the Pacific will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists,
cultural geographers and historians with interests in migration,
mobility and cross-cultural encounters.
This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial
trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature
of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century
to the present. It is especially concerned with identifying whether
there was a distinctive Scottish experience and if so, what effect
it had on the East. Did Scots bring different skills to Asia and
how far did their backgrounds prepare them in different ways? Were
their networks distinctive compared to other ethnicities? What was
the pull of Asia for them? Did they really punch above their weight
as some contemporaries thought, or was that just exaggerated
rhetoric? If there was a distinctive 'Scottish effect' how is that
to be explained?
This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of
immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both
the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating
to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of
Scotland's most striking immigrant communities of people arriving
from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the
African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum
seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and
includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the
Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic
and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a
penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial
issues confronting the United Kingdom today.
Between 1921 and 1965 Irish and Scottish migrants continued to seek
new homes abroad. Using the personal accounts of these migrants
from letters, interviews, questionnaires, and shipboard journals,
together with more traditional documentary sources such as
immigration files and maritime records, this book examines the
experience of migration and settlement in North America and
Australasia. Through a close reading of personal testimonies the
author highlights the assorted similarities and differences between
the Irish and Scots. Subtle differences rather than yawning
cultural gaps are apparent; similarities in attitude and
expectation are more common than divergent or unique experiences.
The key revelation of the work is that, despite a number of
peculiarities characterising their individual and collective
experiences of migration, both the Irish and Scots were relatively
successful migrants in the period under consideration. Using
interviews, both spoken and written, and tackling issues of why and
how versions of the past are represented and what they mean, this
fascinating study considers individual and collective memory and
the use of personal testimonies as historical evidence: their
uniqueness and typicality. Furthermore, in using personal
narratives the book portrays individual migration experiences which
are often hidden in studies based on statistical analysis.
Most investigations of foreign-born migrants emphasize the
successful adjustment and settlement of newcomers. Yet suicide,
heavy drinking, violence, family separations, and domestic
disharmony were but a few of the possible struggles experienced by
those who relocated abroad in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, and were among the chief reasons for committal to an
asylum. Significant analysis of this problem, addressing the
interconnected issues of migration, ethnicity, and insanity, has to
date received little attention from the scholarly community. This
international collection examines the difficulties that migrants
faced in adjustment abroad, through a focus on migrants and mobile
peoples, issues of ethnicity, and the impact of migration on the
mental health of refugees. It further extends the migration
paradigm beyond patients to incorporate the international exchange
of medical ideas and institutional practices, and the recruitment
of a medical workforce. These issues are explored through case
studies which utilize different social and cultural historical
methods, but with a shared twin purpose: to uncover the related
histories of migration, ethnicity, and mental health, and to extend
existing scholarly frameworks and findings in this under-developed
field of inquiry.
This international edited book collection of ten original
contributions from established and emerging scholars explores
aspects of Ireland's place in the world since the 1780s. It
imaginatively blends comparative, transnational, and personal
perspectives to examine migration in a range of diverse
geographical locations including Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Argentina,
Jamaica, and the British Empire more broadly. Deploying diverse
sources including letters, interviews, press reports, convict
records, and social media, contributors canvas important themes
such as slavery, convicts, policing, landlordism, print culture,
loyalism, nationalism, sectarianism, politics, and electronic
media. A range of perspectives including Catholic and Protestant,
men and women, convicts and settlers are included, and the volume
is accompanied by a range of striking images.
This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial
trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature
of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century
to the present. It is especially concerned with identifying whether
there was a distinctive Scottish experience and if so, what effect
it had on the East. Did Scots bring different skills to Asia and
how far did their backgrounds prepare them in different ways? Were
their networks distinctive compared to other ethnicities? What was
the pull of Asia for them? Did they really punch above their weight
as some contemporaries thought, or was that just exaggerated
rhetoric? If there was a distinctive 'Scottish effect' how is that
to be explained?
As British and Irish migrants sought new lives in the Caribbean,
Asia, North America and Australasia, they left a trail of physical
remains where settlement occurred. Between the 17th and 20th
centuries, gravestones and elaborate epitaphs documented identity
and attachment to their old and new worlds. This book expands upon
earlier examination of cultural imperialism to reveal how
individuals, kinship groups and occupational connections identified
with place and space over time. With analyses based on gravestones
and memorial markers in the UK and Ireland, Australasia, Asia,
Africa and the Americas, the contributors explore how this evidence
can inform 21st-century ideas about the attachments that British
and Irish migrants had to 'home' in both life and death. Nicholas
J. Evans is Lecturer in Diaspora History at the University of Hull.
Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History and
Director of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of
Otago.
As British and Irish migrants sought new lives in the Caribbean,
Asia, North America and Australasia, they left a trail of physical
remains where settlement occurred. Between the 17th and 20th
centuries, gravestones and elaborate epitaphs documented identity
and attachment to their old and new worlds. This book expands upon
earlier examination of cultural imperialism to reveal how
individuals, kinship groups and occupational connections identified
with place and space over time. With analyses based on gravestones
and memorial markers in the UK and Ireland, Australasia, Asia,
Africa and the Americas, the contributors explore how this evidence
can inform 21st-century ideas about the attachments that British
and Irish migrants had to 'home' - in both life and death.
An innovative and original contribution to the history of European
migration between the mid-nineteenth century and the interwar
years. I have at last reached the desired haven', exclaimed
Belfast-born Bessie Macready in 1878, the year of her arrival at
Lyttelton, when writing home to cousins in County Down. There was a
huge amount of worldwide European migrationbetween the
mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, a phenomenon which this
book examines. Making close use of personal correspondence
exchanged between Ireland and New Zealand, the author addresses a
number of central questions in migration history, including the
circumstances of departure; why some connections chose to stay; how
migrant letter writers depicted their voyage out, the environment,
work, family and neighbours, politics, and faith; and the
prevalence of return and repeat migration. Throughout, the book
gives significant attention to the social networks constraining and
enabling migrants. It also considers broader debates in the history
of European migration, relating to the use of personal testimony to
chart the experiences of emigrants and the uncertain processes of
adaptation, incorporation, and adjustment that migrants underwent
in new and sometimes unfamiliar environments.
This book examines the impact since 1600 of out migration from
Scotland on the homeland, the migrants, and the destinations in
which they settled. It does so through a focus on the
under-researched themes of slavery, cross-cultural encounters,
economics, war, tourism, and the modern diaspora since 1945.
This book brings to life for the first time the remarkable story of
James Taylor, 'father of the Ceylon tea enterprise' in the
nineteenth century. Publicly celebrated in Sri Lanka for his
efforts in transforming the country's economy and shaping the
world's drinking habits, Taylor died in disgrace and remains
unknown to the present day in his native Scotland. Using a unique
archive of Taylor's letters written over a forty-year period,
Angela McCarthy and Tom Devine provide an unusually detailed
reconstruction of a British planter's life in Asia at the high noon
of empire. As well as charting the development of Ceylon's key
commodities in the nineteenth century, the book examines the dark
side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression
and despair. A range of other fascinating themes are evocatively
examined, including graphic depictions of the Indian Mutiny, 'race'
and ethnicity, migration, environmental transformation,
cross-cultural contact, and emotional ties to home. -- .
This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of
immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both
the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating
to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of
Scotland's most striking immigrant communities of people arriving
from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the
African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum
seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and
includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the
Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic
and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a
penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial
issues confronting the United Kingdom today.
InterfaceTheology is a biannual refereed journal of theology
published in print, epub and open access by ATF Press in Australia.
The journal is a scholarly ecumenical and interdisciplinary
publication, aiming to serve the church and its mission, promoting
a broad based interpretation of Christian theology within a
trinitarian context, encouraging dialogue between Christianity and
other faiths, and exploring the interface between faith and
culture. It is published in English for an international audience.
InterfaceTheology is a biannual refereed journal of theology
published in print, epub and open access by ATF Press in Australia.
The journal is a scholarly ecumenical and interdisciplinary
publication, aiming to serve the church and its mission, promoting
a broad based interpretation of Christian theology within a
trinitarian context, encouraging dialogue between Christianity and
other faiths, and exploring the interface between faith and
culture. It is published in English for an international audience.
"A Global Clan" explores the impact of Scottish migration on New
World development. With a new approach linking personal accounts to
"networks" of kin and social groups, this book taps into the
expanding academic debate on migration linking imperial history and
the European diaspora. Migration from the British "Celtic fringe"
since the eighteenth century has had a significant impact on the
politics, economics, demography, sociology, and culture of the New
World, as a force shaping international politics and even war. The
contributors use new material to explore Scottish migrant networks
and personal experiences in areas as diverse as India, New Zealand,
and Australia. Here are assorted migrant voices from Ellis Island
and Australia, the tracts of transients in Asia and the Caribbean,
and the voluminous correspondence of a specific individual or
family in North America. The overarching approach, linking personal
accounts to wider networks of kinship and society, promises a
significant contribution to the historiography that will make it
essential reading for scholars interested in migration and its
implications.
"A Global Clan" explores the impact of Scottish migration on New
World development. With a new approach linking personal accounts to
'networks' of kin and social groups, this book taps into the
expanding academic debate on migration linking imperial history and
the European diaspora. Migration from the British 'Celtic fringe'
since the eighteenth century has had a significant impact on the
politics, economics, demography, sociology and culture of the New
World, as forces shaping international politics and even war. The
contributors use new material to explore Scottish migrant networks
and personal experiences in areas as diverse as India, New Zealand
and Australia. Here are assorted migrant voices from Ellis Island
and Australia, the tracts of transients in Asia and the Caribbean,
and the voluminous correspondence of a specific individual or
family in North America. The overarching approach, linking personal
accounts to wider networks of kinship and society, promises a
significant contribution to the historiography that will make it
essential reading for scholars interested in migration and its
implications.
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