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Unfolding history, evolving identity : the Chinese in New Zealand / edited by Manying Ip. - Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2003. - xvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Sojourner experience: the Cantonese goldseekers in New Zealand, 1865-1901 / Traces of the past: archaeological insights into the New Zealand Chinese experience in Southern New Zealand / Joe Lum v. the Attorney General: the politics of exclusion / Remembering Chinatown: Haining Street of Wellington / Eating porkbones and puha with chopsticks: Maori-Chinese constructions / Place to stand: the Chun family experience / Untapped talents: the employment and settlement experiences of skilled Chinese in New Zealand / Reluctant exiles of roaming transnationals? The Hong Kong Chinese in New Zealand / Seeking the last Utopia: the Taiwanese in New Zealand / Coping with insecurity: everyday experiences of Chinese New Zealanders / Education, politics and Chinese New Zealander identities: the case of the 1995 Epsom Normal Primary Schools' 'residency clause and English test' / Is saying sorry enough? / Manying Ip -- James Ng -- Neville A. Ritchie -- Nigel Murphy -- Lynette Shum -- Jenny Bol Jun Lee -- Kirsten Wong -- Anne Henderson -- Elsie Ho -- Manying Ip -- Beven Yee -- David Pang -- Gilbert Wong -- Nigel Murphy. PART I: FIRST ENCOUNTERS, 1860S-1920S -- PART II: HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, 1920S-1980S -- PART III: NEW FACES, 1987-2003 -- PART IV: STANDING UP -- APPENDIX: Present archival and library resources on the study of the Chinese in New Zealand, including recent Asian immigrants /

"[An] overview of the history and experience of Chinese in New Zealand up to the present day. ... Historical topics range from the Chinese on the goldfields to a study of Wellington's 'Chinatown' to studies of settler families; later chapters study aspects of recent Chinese immigration such as transnationalism and the underemployment of skilled people; a final section discusses political strategies adopted by the Chinese inlcuding an analysis of the search for an apology for the wrongs inflicted by the historical poll tax"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN: 1869402898 9781869402891

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chinese--History.--New Zealand
Chinese--Social conditions.--New Zealand

LC Class. No.: DU424.5.C5 / U54 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 993.004