Author: John Murray Moore Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781330035290 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 318
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Excerpt from New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist He crosses the "herring pond" to the United States and Canada; he rushes down to Cape Colony in eighteen days; in three weeks from leaving London he finds himself in India; and even the far-off Antipodes are becoming known to him. The term "globe-trotter" has been coined to suit him - the origin of this word I leave to Dr. Murray to find out - which admirably conveys the manner of the hasty tourist. Now that "Thomas Cook and Sons" have annexed New Zealand, no great social distinction will attach to the traveller who has "done" that country; but its beauties will become much more extensively known, and they are on such a scale that nothing can vulgarise them. The "globe-trotter" is sometimes seized with a desire to leave his foggy Albion, and settle for the rest of his days in some balmy Eden of the Southern Pacific, or some Neapolitan-like city, such as Auckland, and when he carries out this idea he seldom regrets his choice. Feeling grateful to New Zealand for the renovation of my health, which was much broken down in 1879, and having made many careful observations of the meteorology, mineral springs, and various Zones of Climate of that country, I have incorporated these and other results of nine years experience in this little Handbook for the Emigrant, Tourist, and Invalid. In a work of this scope it is not desirable to enter at length into the native question, colonial history, colonial politics, or debatable problems of political economy. I have only introduced such matters to such an amount as would make the book complete. Such features of social life as are discussed in these pages are treated candidly and impartially, with a sincere desire to "Naught extenuate Nor aught set down in malice." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Jennifer S. Kain Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030263304 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 246
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This book examines the policy and practice of the insanity clauses within the immigration controls of New Zealand and the Commonwealth of Australia. It reveals those charged with operating the legislation to be non-psychiatric gatekeepers who struggled to match its intent. Regardless of the evolution in language and the location at which a migrant’s mental suitability was assessed, those with ‘inherent mental defects’ and ‘transient insanity’ gained access to these regions. This book accounts for the increased attempts to medicalise border control in response to the widening scope of terminology used for mental illnesses, disabilities and dysfunctions. Such attempts co-existed with the promotion of these regions as ‘invalids’ paradises’ by governments, shipping companies, and non-asylum doctors. Using a bureaucratic lens, this book exposes these paradoxes, and the failings within these nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Australasian nation-state building exercises.