Unfolding History, Evolving Identity: The Chinese in New Zealand - Softcover

Ip, Manying; Murphy, Nigel; Yee, Beven; Ho, Elsie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869402898 ISBN 13: 9781869402891

Publisher: Auckland University Press, 2003

Synopsis

"A comprehensive overview of a Chinese immigrant community in an English-speaking, Anglo-Celtic society, this book provides their history, the development of their community from the early colonial period to modern times, their identity formation as a visible minority in a largely monocultural nation, and their settlement and adaptation issues. Discussed are the challenges faced by the Chinese as the only non-European, non-Polynesian ethnic group in New Zealand. With a history dating back to the mid-1850s, the argument is made that they are the most conspicuous minority group in New Zealand, and the book describes in detail the perception of their economic privilege among the new immigrant arrivals. Also provided is an examination of New Zealand societyÆs race relations and national identity."

About this title

About the Author:

Manying Ip is a professor of Chinese in the Asian studies department of the University of Auckland. She is an advocate for the Chinese communities in New Zealand and has been awarded the Suffrage Centennial Medal and the Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit. Nigel Murphy is the curator of newspapers and serials at the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand. Beven Yee is an analyst for the New Zealand Mental Health Commission. Elsie Ho is the research fellow at the migration research group of the department of geography at the University of Waikato.

About this edition

• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1869402898
• ISBN 13: 9781869402891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240