Scotland, empire and decolonisation in the twentieth century / ed. by Bryan Glass, John M. MacKenzie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glass, Bryan, Editor.

MacKenzie, John M., Editor.

Series:

Studies in Imperialism Series

Studies in Imperialism ; 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Scotland.

Nationalism.

Scots--Great Britain--History.

Scots.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire twentieth century. As the century dawned, the Scottish economy was still strongly connected with imperial infrastructures (like railways, engineering, construction and shipping), and colonial trade and investment. By the end of the century, however, the Scottish economy, its politics, and its society had been through major upheavals which many connected with decolonisation. The end of empire played a defining role in shaping modern-day Scotland and the identity of its people.Written by scholars of distinction, these chapters represent ground-breaking research in the field of Scotland's complex and often-changing relationship with the British empire in the period. The introduction that opens the collection will be viewed for years to come as the single most important historiographical statement on Scotland and empire during the tumultuous years of the twentieth century. A final chapter from Stuart Ward and Jimmi Østergaard Nielsen covers the 2014 referendum.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of contributors

Introduction

Part I Migration, diaspora and identities

Initiatives, impediments and identities: Scottish emigration in the twentieth century

Applying the diasporic lens to identity and empire in twentieth-century Scotland

The strange case of jute

Scots in early twentieth-century British Columbia: class, race and gender

Part II Anti-colonialism, the military, decolonisation and nationalism

Anti-colonialism in twentieth-century Scotland

Beating retreat: the Scottish military tradition in decline

Newspapers and empire: bringing Africa to the Scottish public

David Livingstone, the Scottish cultural and political revival and the end of empire in Africa

Three referenda and a by-election: the shadow of empire in devolutionary politics

Index.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1467880443