Far from home : the English in New Zealand /
edited by Lyndon Fraser & Angela McCarthy.
- 234 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-227) and index.
The English diaspora in New Zealand : new perspectives / Lyndon Fraser & Angela McCarthy -- In search of the English and Englishness / Stephen Constantine -- Everything is English : expectations, experiences and impacts of English migrants to New Zealand, 1840-1970 / Marjory Harper -- Burton ale, London porter and Kentish hops : English customs and nineteenth-century New Zealand drinking culture / Greg Ryan -- Migration and ethnicity among English migrants in New Zealand asylums / Angela McCarthy -- Memory, mourning and melancholy : English ways of death on the margins of Empire / Lyndon Fraser -- Pakeha or English? Maori understandings of Englishness in the colonial period / Lachlan Paterson -- Arcadia reinvented? Recounting the recent sentiments and experiences of English migrants to New Zealand / David Pearson -- The new chum : writings of the English diaspora in New Zealand, 1860-1914 / Janet Wilson.
"The English have been on the move globally since about 1600. For almost 200 years, they have been a significant migration flow into New Zealand, yet relatively little has been written about their experiences. This book brings together leading international scholars and prominent local researchers to explore a wide range of topics and issues at the very heart of research into human mobility. Why did English-born people decide to emigrate? What factors shaped their migration and adaptation? How might we best describe and explain their experiences? This collection of essays will interest anyone interested in migration and/or family history." --Back cover.