Editors:
- First major study of the migration experiences of Scots throughout Asia, critically engaging with the concept of ethnicity and notions of Scottishness
- Encompasses diverse Asian destinations, including India, Ceylon, China, Singapore, and Hong Kong
- Explores key themes of trade, commerce, commodities, agriculture, cross-cultural contact, associational culture, identities, law, religion, and the emotions
Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century to the present. It is especially concerned with identifying whether there was a distinctive Scottish experience and if so, what effect it had on the East. Did Scots bring different skills to Asia and how far did their backgrounds prepare them in different ways? Were their networks distinctive compared to other ethnicities? What was the pull of Asia for them? Did they really punch above their weight as some contemporaries thought, or was that just exaggerated rhetoric? If there was a distinctive ‘Scottish effect’ how is that to be explained?
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
T. M. Devine
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University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Angela McCarthy
About the editors
T. M. Devine is Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was knighted in 2014 for ‘services to the study of Scottish history’.
Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is the author and editor of several books on migration, including that of the Scots.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Scottish Experience in Asia, c.1700 to the Present
Book Subtitle: Settlers and Sojourners
Editors: T. M. Devine, Angela McCarthy
Series Title: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43074-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43073-7Published: 01 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82731-5Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43074-4Published: 22 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2635-1633
Series E-ISSN: 2635-1641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 324
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Imperialism and Colonialism