Emigration from Scotland has always been very high. However, emigration from Scotland between the wars surpassed all records; more people emigrated than were born, leading to an overall population decline. Why was it so many people left? Marjory Harper, whose knowledge is ground…
This work is a study into why there was such massive emigration from Scotland in the years between World War I and World War II. Each area of Scotland is looked at in turn, identifying what factors influenced emigration in those areas.
"Emigrant homecomings addresses the significant but neglected issue of return migration to Britain and Europe since 1600. While emigration studies have become prominent in both scholarly and popular circles in recent years, return migration has remained comparatively under-resea…