A Global Force : : War, Identities and Scotland's Diaspora / / David Forsyth, Wendy Ugolini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Forsyth, David,; Ugolini, Wendy,
• MitwirkendeR: Allan, Stuart,; Brosnahan, Seán,; Bueltmann, Tanja,; Devine, Thomas M.,; Forsyth, David,; Hyslop, Jonathan,; Mackillop, Andrew,; Noakes, Jeff,; Spiers, Edward M.,; Strachan, Hew,; Tibbitts, Craig,; Ugolini, Wendy,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 24 B/W illustrations 2 B/W tables

A comparative study of Scotland's global military diaspora, focusing on the impact of the Great WarBetween the 1820s and 1914 over two million people emigrated from Scotland, settling primarily in North America, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. One of the most distinctive ways in which the influence of the Scottish diaspora overseas expressed itself was the formation of military units which identified with Scotland. This volume provides a comparative overview of the nineteenth century emergence of military Scottishness and explores how the construction and performance of Scottish military identity has evolved in different Commonwealth countries over the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, it looks at the ways in which Scottish volunteer regiments variously sought to draw upon, align themselves with or, at certain key moments, redefine the assertions of martial identity which Highland regiments represented. Key FeaturesDevelops a critical understanding of the complex connections between Scotland and its diasporic communities, addressing wider questions of ethnicity, identity and national belongingProvides five conceptual case studies of how Scottish diaspora in different parts of the Commonwealth embraced or rejected Scottish military culture in forging their identities: England; North America; South Africa; Australia & New Zealand Weaves the story of Scotland's global diaspora through the emergent national narratives of Commonwealth nationsLooks at the operation of 'military Scottishness' in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction A Global Force: War, Identities and Scotland's Diaspora -- PART 1 -- 1 Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalisation, c. 1690 to c. 1815 -- 2 Forging Nationhood: Scottish Imperial Identity and the Construction of Nationhood in the Dominions, 1880-1914 -- 3 The Scottish Soldier and Scotland, 1914-1918 -- PART 2 -- 4 Performing Scottishness in England: Forming and Dressing the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles -- 5 Canada, Military Scottishness and the First World War -- 6 'A military fervour akin to religious fanaticism': Scottish Military Identity in the Australian Imperial Force -- 7 South Africa and Scotland in the First World War -- 8 Ngati Tumatauenga and the Kilties: New Zealand's Ethnic Military Traditions -- 9 Scottish Ethnic Associationalism, Military Identity and Diaspora Connections in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index