The Scots appear to possess a particular flair for the creation, transmission, and mutation of myths, and while modern scholars have attempted to deconstruct such myths it is clear that they have been of substantial importance in the making of local and national identities. This article uses one Scottish emigrant to Nova Scotia as a test case. It unpicks the Galloway background of the Reverend John Sprott’s first four decades and the assembling of his cultural baggage, and it follows him for 50 years in his adopted homeland. A map of his mental journeyings is the result. Résumé Les Écossais semblent particulièrement doués pour la création, la transmission et la transformation de mythes. Bi...
Behind the phenomenon of migration, at the heart of the sending communities, lies a complex range of...
The fracture of identity that comes with mass migration can only be healed now by creative acts of i...
This thesis explores the way land has been perceived, described and experienced by Scottish Gaels i...
The Scots appear to possess a particular flair for the creation, transmission, and mutation of myths...
Kenneth Ross’s essay begins with an overview of the migration of the Scots round the world in the ag...
This article aims to explore some of the controversial aspects that come up when dealing with the Sc...
The major concern of this thesis is with the migration and settlement of assisted Scottish Highland ...
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Nova Scotia became a major destination for...
This article aims to explore some of the controversial aspects that come up when dealing w...
Behind the phenomenon of migration, at the heart of the sending communities, lies a complex range of...
Nova Scotia is marketed as a region of Canada that cherishes its Scottish heritage. Settled in the s...
Le patrimoine diasporique, avec son imaginaire centré sur l’appartenance aux clans et sur des images...
This paper discussses an example of Highland-Lowland migration in the early stages of industrializat...
This article examines Scottish immigration to Nova Scotia from an environmental perspective. Big Isl...
Based on an examination of travel narratives and promotional publications, this article suggests tha...
Behind the phenomenon of migration, at the heart of the sending communities, lies a complex range of...
The fracture of identity that comes with mass migration can only be healed now by creative acts of i...
This thesis explores the way land has been perceived, described and experienced by Scottish Gaels i...
The Scots appear to possess a particular flair for the creation, transmission, and mutation of myths...
Kenneth Ross’s essay begins with an overview of the migration of the Scots round the world in the ag...
This article aims to explore some of the controversial aspects that come up when dealing with the Sc...
The major concern of this thesis is with the migration and settlement of assisted Scottish Highland ...
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Nova Scotia became a major destination for...
This article aims to explore some of the controversial aspects that come up when dealing w...
Behind the phenomenon of migration, at the heart of the sending communities, lies a complex range of...
Nova Scotia is marketed as a region of Canada that cherishes its Scottish heritage. Settled in the s...
Le patrimoine diasporique, avec son imaginaire centré sur l’appartenance aux clans et sur des images...
This paper discussses an example of Highland-Lowland migration in the early stages of industrializat...
This article examines Scottish immigration to Nova Scotia from an environmental perspective. Big Isl...
Based on an examination of travel narratives and promotional publications, this article suggests tha...
Behind the phenomenon of migration, at the heart of the sending communities, lies a complex range of...
The fracture of identity that comes with mass migration can only be healed now by creative acts of i...
This thesis explores the way land has been perceived, described and experienced by Scottish Gaels i...