James C. Docherty

Scottish Migration Since 1750

Reasons and Results

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Produktbeschreibung

This work explains Scotland's population and migration history using new methods and unpublished sources. It surveys migration to England, Canada, United States, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand to 1990.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780761867944
• ISBN-10: 0761867945
• Artikelnr.: 44884687

Autorenporträt

James C. Docherty is an independent Canberra-based author of Scottish descent. He holds three history degrees, a bachelor's from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, and a master's and doctorate from the Australian National University. He has published books both in Australia and the United States.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Confronting Caledonia Historians and
Population History Family and Population History Unlocking Migration What
this Book Offers Highlands, Lowlands, and Clearances 1. Discovering the
People Scenery and Scarcity A Blended People Robert Wallace and the
Population Debate Alexander Webster's Scotland, c. 1751 Sir John Sinclair's
Scotland, c. 1791 John Rickman and Scotland Rev. Thomas Malthus and
Scotland How Many People? Why Did the Population Grow after 1650? A Mainly
Female People? James Cleland's Glasgow, 1820s Enlightenment Indeed What
Were Their Names? What Were Their Faiths? Were They Married? Household and
Family Size Only Slow Improvement, 1750-1900 2. Scotland Made and Unmade
Not the Land of Opportunity A Conscripted Urban People The Victorian
Economy: Mixed Results Enter the Irish The Slow Death of Labor Demand,
1901-1971 3. No Simple Story Destination Ulster, 1608-c. 1720 Destination
North America, c. 1720-1776 Scotland Revisited, c. 1720-1776 The
Expatriates Return, c. 1800-1820 The Two Sides of Scottish Migration,
1840-1930 How Many Left? Not All It Seemed Helping the Poor and Getting
Land, c. 1820-1880 Deciding to Go Looking for Work that Paid, c. 1870-1930
Where Did They Come From? The Scottish Presence, c. 1930 What Future? No
Easy Answers 4. England The Manchester Scots, 1837 Henry Mayhew's London
Scots, 1856 Important and Distinctive, 1820-1930 North England and London,
1841-1931 Presbyterianism Where Did They Come From? What Did They Do? Were
They Married? Few Surprises 5. North America Making the Sources Speak Did
They Stay? Where Did They Go? What Did They Do? What Were Their Names? What
Did They Believe In? Were They Married? A World of Kith and Kin The 1900s
Moving On John Kenneth Galbraith's The Scotch Reluctant Americans? How Well
Did They Do? Southward Bound? 6. South Africa and Australasia A Variable
Presence South Africa: Failure to Thrive Success in the Antipodes:
Australia and New Zealand Gold and Distance Did They Stay? Governments Lend
a Hand Where Did They Go? What Did They Do? Were They Married? Children
What Did They Believe In? How Healthy Were They? Only If Necessary 7. A
Changed World Still Distressed: Scotland c. 1930-1970 First Choice: England
Less Popular: Canada Not Really Wanted: United States Still Welcome:
Australia and New Zealand Putting It Together The Man on the Bridge
Appendix A: A Population Timeline Appendix B: The People's Names Appendix
C: Some Vital Data Bibliography About the Author