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'To Be Truly British We Must Be Anti-German': New Zealand, Enemy Aliens and the Great War Experience, 1914-1919
Contributor(s): Finlay, Richard J. (Other), Ward, Paul (Other), Francis, Andrew (Author)

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 ISBN: 3034307594     ISBN-13: 9783034307598
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
OUR PRICE: $83.90  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- History | Australia & New Zealand - General
- History | Europe - Germany
Dewey: 305.831
LCCN: 2011046949
Series: British Identities Since 1707
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" L (0.55 lbs) 299 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Australian
- Cultural Region - Germany
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Cultural Region - Oceania
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is a study of the treatment of New Zealand's German-speaking settlers during the course of the Great War. As with Britain's other dominions, New Zealand's German and Austro-Hungarian residents were subject to a raft of legislation which placed restrictions on their employment and activities, while those considered a danger to domestic security found themselves interned for the duration of the conflict. This book examines public, press and political responses to their presence, and describes how patriotic associations, trade organizations, xenophobic politicians and journalists undertook a vigorous anti-alien campaign resulting, in a number of instances, in anti-German riots.
Central to this book is an examination of the extent to which proimperial sentiment, concepts of citizenship and national identity, increasing European settlement and a progressively volatile European scene set the tone for the manner with which the dominion's British settlers treated its enemy alien counterparts. Themes discussed include the public's reaction to war; the government's internment policy; the establishment of anti-German trade organizations; and the challenges facing Prime Minister William Massey, whose wish to remain fair and just towards enemy aliens often brought him into direct conflict with the more hostile anti-German elements within New Zealand society.
 
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