Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora since 1600
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- A Tribute to Sir Tom Devine -- Introduction Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora since 1600 -- 'As Hewers of Wood, and Drawers of Water'? Scotland as an Emigrant Nation, c. 1600 to c. 1800 -- 'You Have Only Seen the Fortunate Few and Draw Your Conclusion Accordingly': Behavioural Economics and the Paradox of Scottish Emigration -- Scottish Diasporas and Africa -- 'Have the Scotch no Claim upon the Cherokees?' Scots, Indians and Scots Indians in the American South -- Conflicts of Interest, Crises of Conscience: Scots and Aboriginal People in Eastern Australia, 1830s-1861 -- The Importance of Scottish Origins in the Nineteenth Century: James Taylor and Ceylon Tea -- 'Our Old World Diff'rences are Dead': The Scottish Migrant Military Tradition in the British Dominions during the First World War -- 'Part of my Heritage': Ladies' Pipe Bands, Associational Culture and 'Homeland' Identities in the Scottish Diaspora -- Understanding Scottishness among Sojourners, Settlers and Descendants in Hong Kong and New Zealand -- Encountering an Imaginary Heritage: Roots Tourism and the Scottish Diaspora -- Home is where the Heart is: Affinity Scots in the Scottish Diaspora -- What Scottish Diaspora? -- Afterword -- Index