"The Southern World is My Home": The Working Life of Thomas Ferens 1848 - 1888
Ferens-Green, Peita Kate

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Ferens-Green, P. K. (2018). ‘The Southern World is My Home’: The Working Life of Thomas Ferens 1848 - 1888 (Thesis, Master of Arts). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8103
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Abstract:
This thesis is a case study of Thomas Ferens, a Methodist lay preacher from England. Utilising personal testimony, it follows his life in New Zealand from 1848 – 1888, focussing upon his various occupational pursuits to explore how his sense of ‘self’ affected his migrant experience, analysing how he navigated life in the settlement, and how he was influenced by the world around him. Typically, migrant scholars using personal testimony focus on those of a (literate) middle to upper class status. A focus on Ferens, however, provides a working-class perspective. He similarly offers a perspective on Methodists in the Scottish Presbyterian Otago settlement. This work engages with studies of missionaries, religion in New Zealand, intercultural relations and constructs of self/other. It also addresses the impact of runholding and declaration of hundreds in North Otago and the need for personal mobility, both geographical and occupational, in this early period of settlement.
Date:
2018
Advisor:
McCarthy, Angela; Stenhouse, John
Degree Name:
Master of Arts
Degree Discipline:
History
Publisher:
University of Otago
Keywords:
Methodist; Otago; Migrant; Mobility; Self/Other; Working-Class; Runholding
Research Type:
Thesis
Languages:
English
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