The Modern Scottish Diaspora : : Contemporary Debates and Perspectives / / Murray Stewart Leith, Duncan Sim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Leith, Murray Stewart,; Sim, Duncan,
• MitwirkendeR: Bairner, Alan,; Blain, Jenny,; Cowan, Edward J.,; Crawford, Ewan,; Danson, Mike,; Fry, Michael,; Hague, Euan,; Leith, Murray Stewart,; Mather, Jim,; Mycock, Andrew,; Newton, Michael,; Sim, Duncan,; Sullivan, Kim,; Whigham, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Explores the full range of perspectives on the Scottish diasporaGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748681402','ISBN:9780748681419','ISBN:9780748681426']);Coinciding with Scotland's second year of Homecoming in 2014, The Modern Scottish Diaspora brings together...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• 1. Introduction: The Scottish Diaspora
• 2. Scottish Emigration and the Creation of the Diaspora
• 3. The Scottish Diaspora and the Empire
• 4. Scots by Association: Clubs and Societies in the Scottish Diaspora
• 5. Doing Business with the Scottish Diaspora
• 6. Scottish Politics and the Diaspora
• 7. Invisible and Inaudible? England's Scottish Diaspora and the Politics of the Union
• 8. Scottish Diasporic Identity in Europe
• 9. The Gaelic Diaspora in North America
• 10. Ancestral 'Scottishness' and Heritage Tourism
• 11. Mass Market Romance Fiction and the Representation of Scotland in the United States
• 12. Who's Depicting Who? Media Influences and the Scottish Diaspora
• 13. Sport and the Scottish Diaspora
• 14. Conclusions: The Nature and State of the Contemporary Scottish Diaspora
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index