Emigration From Scotland Between The Wars

Author : Marjory Harper
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 071904927X

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Emigration from Scotland Between the Wars by Marjory Harper Pdf

Emigration from Scotland has always been very high. However, emigration from Scotland between the wars surpassed all records; more people emigrated than were born, leading to an overall population decline. Why was it so many people left?Marjory Harper, whose knowledge is grounded in a deep understanding of the local records, maps out the many factors which worked together to cause this massive diaspora. After an opening section where the author sets the Scottish experience within the context of the rest of the British Isles, the book then divides the country geographically, starting with the Highlands, then coastal Scotland, and the urban Lowland highlighting in turn the factors that particularly influenced each of these areas. Harper then discusses the organised religious and political movements that encouraged emigration. By interweaving personal stories with statistical evidence Harper brings to life the reality behind the dramatic historical migration.

Author : Marjory Harper
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909912724

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Scotland No More? by Marjory Harper Pdf

Shortlisted for Scottish History Book of the Year at the Saltire Society Literary Awards 2013Scotland No More? taps into the need we all share — to know who we are and where we come from. Scots have always been on the move, and from all quarters we are bombarded with evidence of interest in their historical comings and goings. Earlier eras have been well covered, but until now the story of Scotland's twentieth-century diaspora has remained largely untold. Scotland No More? considers the causes and consequences of the phenomenon, scrutinising the exodus and giving free rein to the voices of those at the heart of the story: the emigrants themselves.

Author : Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029165258

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Scottish Emigration and Scottish Society by Thomas Martin Devine Pdf

Author : Tanja Bueltmann
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748646364

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Scottish Ethnicity and the Making of New Zealand Society, 1850-1930 by Tanja Bueltmann Pdf

The Scots accounted for around a quarter of all UK-born immigrants to New Zealand between 1861 and 1945, but have only been accorded scant attention in New Zealand histories, specialist immigration histories and Scottish Diaspora Studies. This is peculiar because the flow of Scots to New Zealand, although relatively unimportant to Scotland, constituted a sizable element to the country's much smaller population. Seen as adaptable, integrating relatively more quickly than other ethnic migrant groups in New Zealand, the Scots' presence was obscured by a fixation on the romanticised shortbread tin facade of Scottish identity overseas.Uncovering Scottish ethnicity from the verges of nostalgia, this study documents the notable imprint Scots left on New Zealand. It examines Scottish immigrant community life, culture and identity between 1850 and 1930.

Author : James C. Docherty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761867951

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Scottish Migration Since 1750 by James C. Docherty Pdf

Scottish Migration since 1750: Reasons and Results begins a fresh chapter in migration studies using new methods and unpublished sources to map the course of Scottish migration between 1750 and 1990. It explains why the Scottish population grew after 1650, why most Scots continued to be female, and the underlying economic reasons for Scottish emigration after 1820. It surveys migration to England, Canada, United States, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. It explores their names, marriages, family structures, and religions, and assesses how well they really fared compared to other British migrants. Far from being just another Celtic sob story, this book offers a model about how the histories of other migrant groups might be reappraised.

Author : Graeme Morton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000203752

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Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora by Graeme Morton Pdf

Why did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the world where greater temperature extreme was the norm? The long nineteenth century was a period consistently cooler than now, and Scotland remains the coldest of the British nations. Nineteenth-century meteorologists turned to environmental determinism to explain the persistence of agricultural shortage and to identify the atmospheric conditions that exacerbated the incidence of death and disease in the towns. In these cases, the logic of emigration and the benefits of an alternative climate were compelling. Emigration agents portrayed their favoured climate in order to pull migrants in their direction. The climate reasons, pressures and incentives that resulted in the movement of people have been neither straightforward nor uniform. There are known structural features that contextualize the migration experience, chief among them being economic and demographic factors. By building on the work of historical climatologists, and the availability of long-run climate data, for the first time the emigration history of Scotland is examined through the lens of the nation’s climate. In significant per capita numbers, the Scots left the cold country behind; yet the ‘homeland’ remained an unbreakable connection for the diaspora.

Author : Michael E. Vance
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554888535

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Imperial Immigrants by Michael E. Vance Pdf

The impact of the British Empire on the history of the Upper Ottawa Valley is explored through the experiences of early emigration-assisted 19th-century Scottish immigrants. Between 1815 and 1832, Great Britain settled more than 3,500 individuals, mostly from the Scottish Lowlands, in the Ottawa Valley. These government-assisted emigrations, which began immediately after the Napoleonic Wars, are explored to reveal their impact on Upper Canada. Seeking to transform their lives and their society, early Scots settlers crossed the Atlantic for their own purposes. Although they did not blindly serve the interests of empire builders, their settlement led to the dispossession of the original First Nation inhabitants, thus supporting the British imperial government’s strategic military goals. After transferring homeland religious and political conflict to the colony, Scottish settlers led the demand for political reform that emerged in the 1830s. As a consequence, their migration and settlement reveals as much about the depth of social conflict in the homeland and in the colonies as it does about the preoccupations of the British imperial state.

Author : Tanja Bueltmann
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748650620

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Scottish Diaspora by Tanja Bueltmann Pdf

This introductory history of the Scottish diaspora (c.1700 to 1945) explores migration, Scots' experiences where they landed and the reverse impact of this migration on Scotland. It examines the geographies of the diaspora and key theories, concepts and t

Author : Andrew S. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317873884

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The Empire Strikes Back? by Andrew S. Thompson Pdf

`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa, Asia and America had been subsumed. Britannia's tentacles had stretched both wide and deep. Culture, Religion, Health, Sexuality, Law and Order were all impacted in the dominated countries. `The Empire Strikes Back' shows how the dependent states were subsumed and then hit back, affecting in turn England itself.

Author : Ian Adams,Meredyth Somerville
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032743513

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Cargoes of Despair and Hope by Ian Adams,Meredyth Somerville Pdf

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 9780748653348

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Transformation of Scotland by Tom M. Devine Pdf

This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation. Written by leading scholars in the field, it presents 'state of the art' research in an accessible style to all those interested in understanding the historical context of modern Scotland. Fresh interpretations are revealed on such key and controversial issues as the impact of the Union of 1707, the Clearances, the rise and fall of Scottish heavy industry and the recent transformation of the modern economy. The distinctive features of the Scottish economic system are stressed but these are also analysed within a British and international context. The focus of the volume is both broad and detailed with full treatment of agriculture, finance, industry and the service sector as well as the impact of momentous economic changes on the lives of the people and the massive new role in the twentieth century of the state in economic affairs. At a time of intense debate on the present and future condition of Scotland under a devolved parliament and executive, this book provides the essential background and the long-run perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation.

Author : T. M. Devine
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241960646

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To the Ends of the Earth by T. M. Devine Pdf

SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY and THE HERALD BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women and children have sought their fortunes in every conceivable walk of life and in every imaginable climate across the British Empire, the United States and elsewhere, from finance to industry, philosophy to politics. To the Ends of the Earth puts this extraordinary epic centre stage, taking many famous stories and removing layers of myth and sentiment to reveal the no less startling truth, paying particular attention to the exceptional Scottish role as traders, missionaries and soldiers. This major new book is also a study of the impact of this global world on Scotland itself and the degree to which the Scottish economy was for many years an imperial economy, with intimate, important links through shipping, engineering, jute and banking to the most remote of settlements. Filled with fascinating stories and with an acute awareness of the poverty and social inequality that provoked so much emigration, To the Ends of the Earth will make its readers think about the world in quite a different way.

Author : Barbara Jane Messamore
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776605432

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Canadian Migration Patterns from Britain and North America by Barbara Jane Messamore Pdf

"This collection of essays represents a selection of the papers presented at the 1998 Migration conference at the Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh."--Acknowledgements.

Author : Gary B. Magee,Andrew S. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139487672

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Empire and Globalisation by Gary B. Magee,Andrew S. Thompson Pdf

Focusing on the great population movement of British emigrants before 1914, this book provides a perspective on the relationship between empire and globalisation. It shows how distinct structures of economic opportunity developed around the people who settled across a wider British World through the co-ethnic networks they created. Yet these networks could also limit and distort economic growth. The powerful appeal of ethnic identification often made trade and investment with racial 'outsiders' less appealing, thereby skewing economic activities toward communities perceived to be 'British'. By highlighting the importance of these networks to migration, finance and trade, this book contributes to debates about globalisation in the past and present. It reveals how the networks upon which the era of modern globalisation was built quickly turned in on themselves after 1918, converting racial, ethnic and class tensions into protectionism, nationalism and xenophobia. Avoiding such an outcome is a challenge faced today.

Author : Thomas Henry Hollingsworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : UOM:39015038926906

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Migration by Thomas Henry Hollingsworth Pdf

UK. Study of migration trends in scotland based on statistical tables relating to the period from 1939 to 1964 - includes information on research methodology. Map and references.