Gold Rush Societies and Migrant Networks in the Tasman World

Investigates the role of memory in forming ethnic and national identities in the early twentieth-century Tasman World Focuses specifically on the Otago gold rushes within the histories of British and Irish migration Investigates the relationship between space and place within the British, Irish, and Chinese diasporas Research based on primary sources including 32 collections of letters, 23 personal diaries, 57 autobiographies and 20 local and regional newspapers Combines transnational and compar