Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora since 1600

✍ Scribed by Angela McCarthy; John MacKenzie

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 303
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A tribute to Professor Sir Tom Devine, FBA, the leading historian of modern Scotland and its diaspora

The impact of Scottish migration since 1600 at home and abroad

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.

Contributors

• Stuart Allan is Principal Curator of Scottish Late Modern Collections in the Department of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland.
• David Alston is an independent researcher.
• Ann Curthoys is an honorary professor at the University of Sydney.
• Colin G. Calloway is the John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Professor of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College.
• David Fitzpatrick is Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin.
• David Forsyth is Principal Curator, Medieval-Early Modern Collections in the Department of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland.
• Erin Grant is a Research Analyst with the Government of British Columbia in Canada.
• David Hesse is a journalist who writes for a leading Swiss newspaper.
• John M. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at Lancaster University.
• Andrew Mackillop is Senior Lecturer in the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.
• Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History at the University of Otago.
• Tawny Paul is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University.
• Eric Richards is Emeritus Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide.
• Iain Watson is a PhD student in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.