Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora Since 1600

✍ Scribed by Angela McCarthy; John M. MacKenzie (eds.)

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 295
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the seventeenth century to the current day, more than 2.5 million Scots have sought new lives elsewhere. 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. It spans diverse destinations including Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Hong Kong, Guyana and the British World more broadly. A key objective is to consider whether the Scottish factor mattered.

Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is the editor of A Global Clan (2006) and author of Personal Narratives of Irish and Scottish Migration, 1921-65 (2007) and Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840 (2011).
John M. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at Lancaster University and holds honorary professorships of Aberdeen and St Andrews universities. He is the author of The Scots in South Africa (2007), Museums and Empire (2009) and co-editor with T.M. Devine of Scotland and the British Empire (2011).

✦ Table of Contents

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