Testimonies of Transition
Voices from the Scottish Diaspora
Published on 24. April 2020
760 pages
978-1-912387-39-7 (ISBN)
Description
Marjory Harper explores the motives and experiences of migrants, settlers and returners by focusing on the personal testimonies of the two million men, women and children who left Scotland in the 20th century.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
11,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-912387-39-7 (9781912387397)
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Book
05/2018
Luath Press Ltd
€40.99
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Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Listening to Emigrants: Evaluating Personal Testimony
- 2 Pulling Up the Roots: The Smorgasbord of Decision-making
- 3 Persuasion and Propaganda: Official Interventions and Reactions
- 4 Making the Transition: Leaving, Travelling, and Arriving
- 5 Building New Lives: Impressions and Experiences
- 6 Migrant Identities: Retention, Reconfiguration and Abandonment
- 7 Reverse Migration: Resettling and Reconnecting
- 8 Postscript: Commemorations, Mirror Images and Reflections
- Appendix 1: Table of Interviewees
- Appendix 2: Interviews from Other Collections
- Select Bibliography
- Endnotes
