Title: Unfolding history, evolving identity : the Chinese in New Zealand
Abstract: Acknowledgements vii Romanisation ix Preface Manying Ip xi PART I: First Encounters, 1860s-1920s 1 The Sojourner Experience: The Cantonese Goldseekers in New Zealand, 1865-1901 James Ng 5 2 Traces of the Past: Archaeological Insights into the New Zealand Chinese Experience in Southern New Zealand Neville A. Ritchie 31 3 Joe Lum v.The Attorney General: The Politics of Exclusion Nigel Murphy 48 PART II: Home is Where the Heart Is, 1920s-1980s 4 Remembering Chinatown: Haining Street of Wellington Lynette Shum 73 5 Eating Porkbones and Puha with Chopsticks: Maori-Chinese Constructions Jenny Bol Jun Lee 94 6 A Place to Stand: The Chun Family Experience Kirsten Wong 113 PART III: New Faces, 1987-2003 7 Untapped Talents: The Employment and Settlement Experiences of Skilled Chinese in New Zealand Anne Henderson 141 8 Reluctant Exiles or Roaming Transnationals? The Hong Kong Chinese in New Zealand Elsie Ho 165 9 Seeking the Last Utopia: The Taiwanese in New Zealand Manying Ip 185 PART IV: Standing Up 10 Coping with Insecurity: Everyday Experiences of Chinese New Zealanders Beven Yee 215 11 Education, Politics and Chinese New Zealander Identities: The Case of the 1995 Epsom Normal Primary School's 'Residency Clause and English Test' David Pang 236 12 Is Saying Sorry Enough? Gilbert Wong 258 Appendix: Present archival and library resources on the study of the Chinese in New Zealand, including recent Asian immigrants Nigel Murphy 280 Contributors 298 Index 300
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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