Half the World from Home
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Book by Akenson, Donald H
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1 author picked Half the World from Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What I love most about this book is its challenge for New Zealand historians to examine the role of different British cultures in shaping New Zealand society. Akenson, a Canadian author, took a one-year research fellowship in New Zealand, and this resulting book has changed the face of migration studies in New Zealand in the decades since.
He describes previous works as cementing a tradition of biculturalism, ‘lumping… all white settlers into a spurious unity’, but more than just laying down the challenge to do something about that ‘lumping,’ he then shows a way forward, examining the Irish in New…
From Rebecca's list on British and Irish migration to Aotearoa New Zealand.
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