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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869402898 ISBN 13: 9781869402891

Publisher: Auckland University Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Chinese are New Zealand's largest non-European and non-Polynesian ethnic group, with a history in this country dating back to the mid-1850s. Through 12 essays, this study traces the history of a group who have been the victims of racial stereotyping, from the 19th century goldrush to the present day. A variety of contributors offer different perspectives, including historical, legal and archeological. The development of the Chinese community, the formation of their identity as a visible minority, their settlement and adaption issues, and their transnational behaviour are all explored here. As its subject is the most conspicuous group of "essential outsiders", owing to their number as well as their perceived economic privilege, this study also provides an in-depth examination of New Zealand's race relations and national identity.

About this title

About the Author:

Editor Dr Manying Ip is widely accepted as a comprehensive researcher in this field and enjoys the endorsement of the contributors who are recognised scholars in their respective research areas. Hong Kong educated Dr Manying Ip ONZM, BA (Hong Kong), MA, PhD, is Associate Professor of Chinese in the Asian Studies Department of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was born in 1945, in Guizhou, Mainland China, where her parents had taken refuge after the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. Her family returned to Hong Kong, where she received a classical Chinese education at home, and an English education at school. She subsequently graduated with a BA (Hons) in history from the University of Hong Kong. In 1974 she immigrated to New Zealand, where she completed postgraduate studies, gaining an MA in Chinese literature and a PhD in History from the University of Auckland. Dr Ip is a highly respected public advocate for the Chinese communities and she was awarded the Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993 and the ONZM (Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit) in 1996. She has written several books that have won wide critical acclaim and sold well.

About this edition

• Publisher: Auckland University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1869402898
• ISBN 13: 9781869402891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Ip Manying