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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Modern Scottish diaspora. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] (DLC) 2014469994 (OCoLC)867613329 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Murray Stewart Leith; Duncan Sim |
ISBN: | 9780748681426 0748681426 9780748681433 0748681434 0748681418 9780748681419 074868140X 9780748681402 |
OCLC Number: | 903488801 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction : the Scottish diaspora / Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim -- Scottish emigration and the creation of the diaspora / Edward J. Cowan -- The Scottish diaspora and the empire / Michael Fry -- Scots by association : clubs and societies in the Scottish diaspora / Kim Sullivan -- Doing business with the Scottish diaspora / Mike Danson and Jim Mather -- Scottish politics and the diaspora / Murray Stewart Leith -- Invisible and inaudible? England's Scottish diaspora and the politics of the union / Andrew Mycock -- Scottish diasporic identity in Europe / Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim -- The Gaelic diaspora in North America / Michael Newton -- Ancestral 'Scottishness' and heritage tourism / Jenny Blain -- Mass market romance fiction and the representation of Scotland in the United States / Euan Hague -- Who's depicting who? Media influences and the Scottish diaspora / Ewan Crawford -- Sport and the Scottish diaspora / Alan Bairner and Stuart Whigham -- Conclusions : the nature and state of the contemporary Scottish diaspora / Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim. |
Responsibility: | edited by Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim. |
Abstract:
Explores the connectedness of the diaspora to the homeland from a variety of different perspectives This book explores a range of different perspectives on the Scottish diaspora, reflecting a growing interest in the subject from academics, politicians and policy makers and coinciding with Scotland's second year of homecoming in 2014.
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