| Description |
xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / Manying Ip -- PART I: FIRST ENCOUNTERS, 1860S-1920S -- Sojourner experience: the Cantonese goldseekers in New Zealand, 1865-1901 / James Ng -- Traces of the past: archaeological insights into the New Zealand Chinese experience in Southern New Zealand / Neville A. Ritchie -- Joe Lum v. the Attorney General: the politics of exclusion / Nigel Murphy -- PART II: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, 1920S-1980S -- Remembering Chinatown: Haining Street of Wellington / Lynette Shum -- Eating porkbones and puha with chopsticks: Maori-Chinese constructions / Jenny Bol Jun Lee -- Place to stand: the Chun family experience / Kirsten Wong -- PART III: NEW FACES, 1987-2003 -- Untapped talents: the employment and settlement experiences of skilled Chinese in New Zealand / Anne Henderson -- Reluctant exiles of roaming transnationals? The Hong Kong Chinese in New Zealand / Elsie Ho -- Seeking the last Utopia: the Taiwanese in New Zealand / Manying Ip -- PART IV: STANDING UP -- Coping with insecurity: everyday experiences of Chinese New Zealanders / Beven Yee -- Education, politics and Chinese New Zealander identities: the case of the 1995 Epsom Normal Primary Schools' 'residency clause and English test' / David Pang -- Is saying sorry enough? / Gilbert Wong -- APPENDIX: Present archival and library resources on the study of the Chinese in New Zealand, including recent Asian immigrants / Nigel Murphy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Chinese -- New Zealand -- History.
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Chinese -- New Zealand -- Social conditions.
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| Author |
Ip, Manying.
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| LC no. |
2004380372 |
| ISBN |
1869402898 paperback |
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9781869402891 paperback |
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