To the ends of the earth : Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010 / T.M. Devine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Devine, T. M. (Thomas Martin)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Foreign countries--History.

Scots.

Economic conditions.

History.

Emigration and immigration.

Foreign countries.

Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Scotland.

Civilization, Modern--Scottish influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Scotland--Economic conditions--History.

Great Britain--Colonies--History.

Great Britain.

Colonies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, 2011.

Summary:

Devine follows up a previous book, Scotland's Empire, with this study of Scots who left their country. Characterizing this subject as in its "intellectual infancy," he integrates attention to the home country and the host lands and explains in the preface that he "...situates the Scottish experience in a comparative and international context in order to at least reduce some of the dangers of parochialism, introspection and exceptionalism." Devine is affiliated with the U. of Edinburgh and directs the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Imperial Scots 1750-1815

Did slavery help to make Scotland great?

Industrial and financial sinews of Scottish global power 1815-1914

The great migration

Human selection and enforced exile

In the land of the free: Scots and Irish in the USA

Emigrant experience in the new lands

Settlers, traders and native peoples

The missionary dynamic

Soldiers of empire

Funding the new lands

Eclipse of empires

Diaspora 1945-2010.

Notes:

Published simultaneously in Great Britain, entitled: Scotland's diaspora, 1750-2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781588343178 :

1588343170

OCLC:

701017695