Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Notes on the Contributors ix
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. A Tribute to Sir Tom Devine 1
7. Introduction Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora since 1600 10
8. ‘As Hewers of Wood, and Drawers of Water’? Scotland as an Emigrant Nation, c. 1600 to c. 1800 23
9. ‘You Have Only Seen the Fortunate Few and Draw Your Conclusion Accordingly’: Behavioural Economics and the Paradox of Scottish Emigration 46
10. Scottish Diasporas and Africa 63
11. ‘Have the Scotch no Claim upon the Cherokees?’ Scots, Indians and Scots Indians in the American South 81
12. Conflicts of Interest, Crises of Conscience: Scots and Aboriginal People in Eastern Australia, 1830s–1861 98
13. The Importance of Scottish Origins in the Nineteenth Century: James Taylor and Ceylon Tea 117
14. ‘Our Old World Diff’rences are Dead’: The Scottish Migrant Military Tradition in the British Dominions during the First World War 138
15. ‘Part of my Heritage’: Ladies’ Pipe Bands, Associational Culture and ‘Homeland’ Identities in the Scottish Diaspora 159
16. Understanding Scottishness among Sojourners, Settlers and Descendants in Hong Kong and New Zealand 177
17. Encountering an Imaginary Heritage: Roots Tourism and the Scottish Diaspora 199
18. Home is where the Heart is: Affinity Scots in the Scottish Diaspora 219
19. What Scottish Diaspora? 240
20. Afterword 272
21. Index 281