This comprehensive introductory history of the Scottish diaspora explores the migration of Scots overseas, their experiences where they settled and the impact of this migration on Scotland. The book is distinctive in covering both the geographies of the diaspora and key theories, concepts and themes, including associationalism and return migration. As readers revisit these themes throughout the book they will gain an understanding of migration flows, destination countries and the legacies of emigre Scots overseas and at home.
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This comprehensive introductory history of the Scottish diaspora explores the migration of Scots overseas, their experiences where they settled and the impact of this migration on Scotland. The book is distinctive in covering both the geographies of the diaspora and key theories, concepts and themes, including associationalism and return migration. As readers revisit these themes throughout the book they will gain an understanding of migration flows, destination countries and the legacies of emigre Scots overseas and at home.
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This volume explores the experience of everyday life in Scotland over two centuries characterised by political, religious and intellectual change and ferment. It shows how the extraordinary impinged on the ordinary and reveals people's anxieties, joys, comforts, passions, hopes and fears. It also aims to provide a measure of how the impact of change varied from place to place.The authors draw on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including the material survivals of daily life in town and country, and on the history of government, religion, ideas, painting, literature, and...