{"product_id":"invisible-ebook","title":"Invisible Ebook","description":"\u003ch1 class=\"strapline\"\u003eMigration and racism in Aotearoa New Zealand\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite our mythology of benign race relations, Aotearoa New Zealand has a long history of underlying prejudice and racism. The experiences of Indian migrants and their descendants, either historically or today, are still poorly documented and most writing has focused on celebration and integration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInvisible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003espeaks of survival and the real impacts racism has on the lives of Indian New Zealanders. It uncovers a story of exclusion that has rendered Kiwi-Indians invisible in the historical narratives of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo look inside, click\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/masseypress\/docs\/invisible_look_inside\" title=\"Issuu\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"strapline\"\u003e‘. . . timely, passionate, highly readable and deeply challenging.\u003cspan\u003e’ — Jane Buckingham, \u003cem\u003eNew Zealand Journal of History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"strapline\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003eWith extraordinary archival research, Leckie has brought to life those eras and some of their lingering echoes right here in New Zealand, reminding us that such entrenched discrimination isn’t just to be associated with the White Australia policy or apartheid South Africa or the old American South, then comfortably dismissed. But she has also made sure to record numerous stories of individual, and collective, resistance and protest, thereby emphasising the links between the rights, legal protections, and the levels of freedom and mutual respect in everyday life that people of all backgrounds rightly take as a given in present-day Aotearoa, and the invisible heroes who fought for them.’ — Rajorshi Chakraborti,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsroom.co.nz\/readingroom\/new-zealands-invisible-people\" title=\"Newsroom\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNewsroom\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"strapline\"\u003e‘Leckie‘s book is a fine example of the sort of history we need to know in order to understand our present.’ —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNorth \u0026amp; South\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Massey Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67705517474112,"sku":"INVE","price":16.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/6614\/6624\/files\/9780995146532.jpg?v=1769482488","url":"https:\/\/masseypress.ac.nz\/products\/invisible-ebook","provider":"Massey Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}