Scottish migration since 1750 : reasons and results / James C. Docherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Docherty, J. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Foreign countries--History.

Scots.

Scots--Ethnic identity.

Ethnicity.

Foreign countries.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 165 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Hamilton Books, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

Scottish Migration Since 1750: Reasons and Results begins a fresh chapter in migration studies using new methods and unpublished sources to map the course of Scottish migration between 1750 and 1990.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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Discovering the People 13

Scenery and Scarcity 13

A Blended People 15

Robert Wallace and the Population Debate 16

Alexander Webster's Scotland, c. 1751 19

Sir John Sinclair's Scotland, c. 1791 21

John Rickman and Scotland 23

Rev. Thomas Malthus and Scotland 24

How Many People? 27

Why Did the Population Grow after 1650? 30

A Mainly Female People? 32

James Cleland's Glasgow, 1820s 33

Enlightenment Indeed 34

What Were Their Names? 35

What Were Their Faiths? 37

Were They Married? 38

Household and Family Size 40

Only Slow Improvement, 1750-1900 41

2 Scotland Made and Unmade 43

Not the Land of Opportunity 44

A Conscripted Urban People 45

The Victorian Economy: Mixed Results 47

Enter the Irish 49

The Slow Death of Labor Demand, 1901-1971 51

3 No Simple Story 55

Destination Ulster, 1608-c. 1720 55

Scotland Revisited, c. 1720-1776 56

Destination North America, c. 1720-1776 58

The Expatriates Return, c. 1800-1820 61

The Two Sides of Scottish Migration, 1840-1930 62

How Many Left? 63

Not All ft Seemed 65

Deciding to Go 66

Helping the Poor and Getting Land, c. 1820-1880 67

Looking for Work That Paid, c. 1870-1930 68

Where Did They Come From? 69

The Scottish Presence, c. 1930 69

What Future? 70

No Easy Answers 72

4 England 73

The Manchester Scots, 1837 74

Henry Mayhew's London Scots, 1856 75

Important and Distinctive, 1820-1930 75

North England and London, 1841-1931 76

Presbyterianism 76

Where Did They Come From? 77

What Did They Do? 77

Were They Married? 78

Few Surprises 78

5 North America 79

Making the Sources Speak 80

Did They Stay? 82

Where Did They Go? 84

What Did They Do? 85

What Were Their Names? 87

What Did They Believe In? 88

Were They Married? 88

A World of Kith and Kin 89

The 1900s 90

Moving On 92

John Kenneth Galbraith's The Scotch 92

Reluctant Americans? 93

How Well Did They Do? 93

Southward Bound? 94

6 South Africa and Australasia 97

A Variable Presence 97

South Africa: Failure to Thrive 98

Success in the Antipodes: Australia and New Zealand 99

Gold and Distance 100

Did They Stay? 101

Governments Lend a Hand 102

Where Did They Go? 103

What Did They Do? 104

Were They Married? 106

Children 107

What Did They Believe In? 108

How Healthy Were They? 109

Only If Necessary 109

7 A Changed World 111

Still Distressed: Scotland c. 1930-1970 112

First Choice: England 113

Less Popular: Canada 114

Not Really Wanted: United States 115

Still Welcome: Australia and New Zealand 116

Putting It Together 117

The Man on the Bridge 120.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references (143-160) and index.

ISBN:

9780761867944

0761867945

OCLC:

946160454

Publisher Number:

99969044505