The modern Scottish diaspora : contemporary debates and perspectives /

The modern Scottish diaspora : contemporary debates and perspectives / edited by Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : the Scottish diaspora / Scottish emigration and the creation of the diaspora / The Scottish diaspora and the empire / Scots by association : clubs and societies in the Scottish diaspora / Doing business with the Scottish diaspora / Scottish politics and the diaspora / Invisible and inaudible? England's Scottish diaspora and the politics of the union / Scottish diasporic identity in Europe / The Gaelic diaspora in North America / Ancestral 'Scottishness' and heritage tourism / Mass market romance fiction and the representation of Scotland in the United States / Who's depicting who? Media influences and the Scottish diaspora / Sport and the Scottish diaspora / Conclusion : the nature and state of the contemporary Scottish diaspora / Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim -- Edward J. Cowan -- Michael Fry -- Kim Sullivan -- Mike Danson and Jim Mather -- Murray Stewart Leith -- Andrew Mycock -- Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim -- Michael Newton -- Jenny Blain -- Euan Hague -- Ewan Crawford -- Alan Bairner and Stuart Whigham -- Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim.



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Scots--Foreign countries.


Electronic Books.

DA774 / .M634 2014