2015
DOI: 10.1353/sli.2015.0005
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The Ne’er-do-well: Representing the Dysfunctional Migrant Mind, New Zealand 1850–1910

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“…38 The closest that researchers have come to analysing remittance men and their behavioural traits is in Jennifer Kain's investigation of "the ne'er-do-well" in New Zealand migration, and "how moral judgments about abnormal behaviours translated into political policy making." 39 Remittance men were despatched to distant shores for behaviour that would undermine a family's reputation and social standing. Misdemeanours varied from "an officer not paying his mess bills," "getting a maid 'into trouble'" or, for a clergyman's son, a lack of piety.…”
Section: Ladymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…38 The closest that researchers have come to analysing remittance men and their behavioural traits is in Jennifer Kain's investigation of "the ne'er-do-well" in New Zealand migration, and "how moral judgments about abnormal behaviours translated into political policy making." 39 Remittance men were despatched to distant shores for behaviour that would undermine a family's reputation and social standing. Misdemeanours varied from "an officer not paying his mess bills," "getting a maid 'into trouble'" or, for a clergyman's son, a lack of piety.…”
Section: Ladymentioning
confidence: 99%