Scottish Migration Since 1750

Scottish Migration since 1750: Reasons and Results begins a fresh chapter in migration studies using new methods and unpublished sources to map the course of Scottish migration between 1750 and 1990.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

From the seventeenth century to the current day, more than 2.5 million Scots have sought new lives elsewhere. This book of essays from established and emerging scholars examines the impact since 1600 of out migration from Scotland on the homeland, the migrants and the destinations in which they settled, and their descendants and 'affinity' Scots. It does so through a focus on the under-researched themes of slavery, cross-cultural encounters, economics, war, tourism, and the modern diaspora since 1945. It spans diverse destinations including Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Hong Kong, Guyana and the British World more broadly. A key objective is to consider whether the Scottish factor mattered.

Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment

Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the extent of Scottish migration and Scottish involvement in the process of development. Although there are many books written on the Scots abroad, this volume is unique in that it has a unifying theme: each contributor has concentrated on the role played by the Scots in the economic development of their relevant country or area which include England, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, India, Latin America and Japan. This will be of interest to both social and economic historians.

This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland's most striking immigrant communities of people arriving from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial issues confronting the United Kingdom today.

Between 1861-1911 Scottish internal migration was exceptionally high & the proportion of Scottish emigrants in the total population was only exceeded by those from Ireland. Population mobility is therefore an important issue in this period.

1. Introduction: Personal Testimonies and Scottish Migration (Angela McCarthy) -- 2. Europeans, Britons, and Scots: Scottish Sojourning Networks and Identities in Asia, c. 1700-1815 (Andrew Mackillop) -- 3. Transatlantic Ties: Scottish Migration Networks in the Caribbean, 1750-1800 (Douglas Hamilton) -- 4. The World of John Rose: A Northeastern Scot's Career in the British Atlantic World, c. 1740-1800 (Douglas Catterall) -- 5. A Network of Two: Personal Friendship and Scottish Identification in the Correspondence of Mary Ann Archbald and Margaret Wodrow, 1807-1840 (David A. Gerber) -- 6. 'In Quist Of A Better Hame': A Transatlantic Lowland Scottish Network in Lower Canada, 1800-1850 (Sarah Katherine Gibson) -- 7. Scottish Networks and Voices in Colonial Australia (Eric Richards) -- 8. Weaving the Tartan into the Flax: Networks, Identities, and Scottish Migration to Nineteenth-Century Otago, New Zealand (Tom Brooking) -- 9. Ethnic Networks and Identities Among Inter-war Scottish Migrants in North America (Angela McCarthy) -- 10. 'We're Not Poms': The Shifting Identities of Post-war Scottish Migrants to Australia (A. James Hammerton).