Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora (Routledge Studies in Modern British History)

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.

History

Morton, Graeme

Americas

Routledge

Ourselves and Others: Scotland 1832-1914 (New History of Scotland)

This revised and updated volume of the New History of Scotland series explores a period of intense identity formation in Scotland. Examining the 'us and them' mentality, it delivers an account of the blended nature of Scottish society through the transformations of the industrial era from 1832 to 1914.Alongside the history of Scotland's national identity, and its linked political and social institutions, is an account of the changing nature of society within Scotland and the relentless eddy of historical developments from home and away. Where previous histories of this period have focused on industry, this book will take a closer look at the people that helped to form Scottish national identity. Graeme Morton shows that identity was a key element in explaining Industrial Scotland, charting the interplay between the micro and the macro and merging the histories of the Scots and the Scottish nation.

Europe

Edinburgh University Press

The Scottish Diaspora

This comprehensive introductory history of the Scottish diaspora explores the migration of Scots overseas, their experiences where they settled and the impact of this migration on Scotland. The book is distinctive in covering both the geographies of the diaspora and key theories, concepts and themes, including associationalism and return migration. As readers revisit these themes throughout the book they will gain an understanding of migration flows, destination countries and the legacies of émigré Scots overseas and at home.

Bueltmann, Tanja

Hinson, Andrew

A deconstruction of the national biography and mythology of William Wallace Freed from the historian's bedrock of empiricism by a lack of corroborative sources, the biography of this short-lived late-medieval patriot has long been incorporated into the ideology of nationalism. It is to explain this assimilation, and to deconstruct the myriad ways that Wallace's biography has been endlessly refreshed as a national narrative, over many generations, that forms this investigation. William Wallace: A National Tale examines the elision of Wallace's after-life into narrative ascendency, dominating the ideology and politics of nationalism in Scotland. This narrative is conceptualised as the national tale, a term taken out of its literary moorings to scrutinise how the personal biography of a medieval patriot has been evoked and presented as the nation's biography over seven centuries of time. Through the verse of Blind Hary, the romance of Jane Porter, to the historical imaginations of Braveheart and Brave, Scotland's national tale has been forged. This is a fresh, engaging and timely exploration into Wallace's hold over Scotland's national mythology. Key Features <ul> <li>Reappraises William Wallace as a national figure</li> <li>Brings Wallace into the 2014 debate</li> <li>Explores Wallace variously as: A Protestant; A Scottish Chief; A Romantic Hero; a Hollywood Hero</li> <li>Examines Scotland's obsession with the need for a national hero </li> </ul>

William Wallace: A National Tale

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Freed from the historian's bedrock of empiricism by a lack of corroborative sources, the biography of this short-lived late-medieval patriot has long been incorporated into the ideology of nationalism. It is to explain this assimilation, and to deconstruct the myriad ways that Wallace's biography has been endlessly refreshed as a national narrative, over many generations, that forms this investigation. William Wallace: A National Tale examines the elision of Wallace's after-life into narrative ascendency, dominating the ideology and politics of nationalism in Scotland. This narrative is conceptualised as the national tale, a term taken out of its literary moorings to scrutinise how the personal biography of a medieval patriot has been evoked and presented as the nation's biography over seven centuries of time. Through the verse of Blind Hary, the romance of Jane Porter, to the historical imaginations of Braveheart and Brave, Scotland's national tale has been forged. This is a fresh, engaging and timely exploration into Wallace's hold over Scotland's national mythology.

Based on original research, William Wallace is the first full examinationof both contemporary sources and of the way the Wallace myth has been constructed.

William Wallace: Man and Myth

Sutton Pub Ltd

This book is the first to fully examine Wallace's life both the contemporary sources that are available and the way the many strands of the myth have been constructed.

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Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora (Routledge Studies in Modern British History)

Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora (Routledge Studies in Modern British History)

Ourselves and Others: Scotland 1832-1914 (New History of Scotland)

Ourselves and Others: Scotland 1832-1914 (New History of Scotland)

The Scottish Diaspora

The Scottish Diaspora

William Wallace: A National Tale

William Wallace: A National Tale

William Wallace: Man and Myth

William Wallace: Man and Myth