Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora Since 1600

ISBN-13: 9781474429320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str.

Angela McCarthy; John MacKenzie

Opis

The Scottish Diaspora since 1600. From the seventeenth century to the current day, more than 2.5 million Scots have sought new lives in Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon now Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Guyana. This book of essays from established and emerging scholars examines the impact since 1600 of out migration from Scotland on the homeland, the migrants and the destinations in which they settled, and their descendants and affinity Scots. It does so through a focus on the under-researched themes of slavery, cross-cultural encounters, economics, war, tourism and the modern diaspora since 1945.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations and Tables; Contributor Biographies; Acknowledgements; Preface: A Tribute to Sir Tom Devine, John M. MacKenzie; 1.Introduction, Angela McCarthy and John M. MacKenzie; 2. ‘As hewers of wood and drawers of water’: Scotland as an emigrant nation, c.1600-c.1800, Andrew Mackillop; 3. Behavioural economics and the paradox of Scottish emigration: ‘You have only seen the fortunate few and drawn your conclusion accordingly’, David Alston; 4. Scottish diasporas and Africa, John M. MacKenzie; 5. ‘Have the Scotch no claim upon the Cherokee?’, Colin Calloway; 6. Right across the spectrum: Scots and indigenous peoples in the Australian colonies, Ann Curthoys, 7. The importance of ethnicity? James Taylor and Ceylon tea, Angela McCarthy; 8. Common cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War, Stuart Allan and Dr David Forsyth; 9. ‘Part of my heritage’: Ladies’ pipe bands, associational culture and ‘homeland’ identities in the Scottish diaspora, Erin Grant; 10. The modern Scottish diaspora in Hong Kong and New Zealand and their understanding of Scottishness, Iain Watson; 11. Encountering an imaginary heritage: Roots tourism and Scotland’s young diaspora, Tawny Paul; 12. Home is where the heart is: Affinity Scots and the Scottish diaspora, David Hesse; 13. What Scottish diaspora?, David Fitzpatrick; Afterword, Eric Richards; Index.