The Scottish diaspora

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A history of the Scottish diaspora from c.1700 to 1945 Did you know that Scotland was one of Europe's main population exporters in the age of mass migration? Or that the Scottish Honours System was introduced as far afield as New Zealand? This comprehensive introductory history of the Scottish diaspora examines these and related issues, exploring the migration of Scots overseas, their experiences in the new worlds in which they settled and the impact of the diaspora on Scotland. Global in scope…

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Title Statements

Full title :The Scottish diaspora / Tanja Bueltmann, Andrew Hinson and Graeme Morton, authors.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press Ltd
Place of Publication:Edinburgh, Scotland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (305 pages) : : illustrations, tables, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780748648948, 0748648941, 9780748650620, 0748650628
oclc:ocn874157122
LC Classification:DA774.5
Dewey Decimal:304.8411017521

Introduction -- Diaspora: Defining a concept -- Section One: Themes: Scotland: The Twa Lands -- Scottish Migrants: Numbers and demographics -- The emigration experience -- Encounters with indigenous peoples -- Associational culture -- Return migration -- Section Two: Geographies: Within the British and Irish Isles -- The United States -- Canada -- Africa -- Asia -- The Antipodes -- Epilogue.

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Civilization Écossais -- Histoire. -- Pays étrangers Écosse -- Civilisation Écosse -- Émigration et immigration Emigration and immigration History HISTORY -- World Scotland Scotland -- Civilization Scotland -- Emigration and immigration Scots -- History. -- Foreign countries University of Dundee