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Global migrations : the Scottish diaspora since 1600, a tribute to Professor Sir Tom Devine / edited by Angela McCarthy and John M. MacKenzie

Published
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
2016
Physical Description
xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
McCarthy, Angela, 1971-, MacKenzie, John M. (John MacDonald), 1943-, and Devine, T. M. (Thomas Martin)

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora since 1600 / John M. MacKenzie -- 2. `As Hewers of Wood, and Drawers of Water': Scotland as an Emigrant Nation, c. 1600 to c. 1800 / Andrew Mackillop -- 3. `You Have Only Seen the Fortunate Few and Draw Your Conclusion Accordingly': Behavioural Economics and the Paradox of Scottish Emigration / David Alston -- 4. Scottish Diasporas and Africa / John M. MacKenzie -- 5. `Have the Scotch no Claim upon the Cherokee?' Scots, Indians and Scots Indians in the American South / Colin G. Calloway -- 6. Conflicts of Interest, Crises of Conscience: Scots and Aboriginal People in Eastern Australia, 1830s -- 1861 / Ann Curthoys -- 7. The Importance of Scottish Origins in the Nineteenth Century: James Taylor and Ceylon Tea / Angela McCarthy -- 8. `Our Old World Diff'rences are Dead': The Scottish Migrant Military Tradition in the British Dominions during the First World War / David Forsyth -- 9. `Part of my Heritage': Ladies' Pipe Bands, Associational Culture and `Homeland' Identities in the Scottish Diaspora / Erin C.M. Grant -- 10. Understanding Scottishness among Sojourners, Settlers and Descendants in Hong Kong and New Zealand / Iain Watson -- 11. Encountering an Imaginary Heritage: Roots Tourism and the Scottish Diaspora / Tawny Paul -- 12. Home is where the Heart is: Affinity Scots in the Scottish Diaspora / David Hesse -- 13. What Scottish Diaspora? / David Fitzpatrick -- 14. Afterword / Eric Richards.
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ISBN
9781474410045 (hardback)
1474410049 (hardback)
9781474410052 (webready PDF)
1474410057 (webready PDF)
9781474410069 (epub)
1474410065 (epub)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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