Unpacking the kists : the Scots in New Zealand /
Brad Patterson, Tom Brooking and Jim McAloon ; with Rebecca Lenihan and Tanja Bueltmann.
- Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press ; (c)2013. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xx, 412 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; 34 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
A thorough and interdisciplinary work, this is a 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.