1st Edition
A New Maori Migration Rural and Urban Relations in Northern New Zealand
By Joan Metge
Copyright 1964
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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Until 1939 the Maori people remained an almost wholly rural community, but during and after the second world war increasing numbers of them migrated in search of work to the cities, and urban groups of Maori were established. This development has significantly affected relationships, both between Maori and Europeans, and within the Maori people as a whole. The importance of Dr Metge's book lies in... Read more
Contents 1. MAORI URBANISATION: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND I I. The Country 2. THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND 23 3. KINSHIP AND DESCENT 46 4. COMMUNITY DIVISIONS, LEADERSHIP AND SOLIDARITY 78 5. MIGRATION 96 II. The City 6. THE DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND 1117. THE LOCAL PEOPLE 118 8. IMMIGRANTS AND CITY-BORN 122 9. HOUSING AND DOMESTIC ORGANISATION 141 10. KINSHIP AND DESCENT 15411. MARRIAGE PATTERNS AND CEREMONIAL 182 12. VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION 194 13. LEADERSHIP, SOCIAL CONTROL AND COMMUNITY SOLIDARITY 211 III. City and Country 14. URBAN-RURAL RELATIONS 231 15. STABILITY AND CHANGE IN MAORI SOCIETY 251 TABLES 267 GLOSSARY 287 BIBLIOGRAPHY 290 INDEX 293
Biography
Joan Metge
