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Scotland's Immigrant Communities Since 1945

Herausgeber: Devine, Tom M; McCarthy, Angela

Beschreibung

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 Scotlandâ s most striking immigrant communities.

Autor

T. M. Devine is Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. Author and editor of many books on Scottish history and related subjects, he is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 2014 he was knighted for services to the study of Scottish history and he is the only historian to have been awarded the Royal Gold Medal, Scotland's supreme academic accolade, by the HM The Queen on the recommendation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is the editor of A Global Clan (2006) and author of Personal Narratives of Irish and Scottish Migration, 1921-65 (2007) and Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840 (2011).

Produktdetails

• Studies in British and Irish Migration
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781474437882
• ISBN-10: 1474437885
• Artikelnr.: 51148504