Transatlantic Scots / edited by Celeste Ray ; foreword by James Hunter.

Other author Ray, R. Celeste.
Format Book
Publication InfoTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Transatlantic Scots and ethnicity / Celeste Ray -- Scottish immigration and ethnic organization in the United States / Celeste Ray -- A brief history of organized Scottishness in Canada / Michael Vance -- From the Quebec-Hebrideans to "les écossais-québécois" : tracing the evolution of a Scottish cultural identity in Canada's eastern townships / Margaret Bennett -- Powerful pathos : the triumph of Scottishness in Nova Scotia / Michael Vance -- You play it as you would sing it : Cape Breton, Scottishness, and the means of cultural production / Jonathan Dembling -- The North American émigré, highland games, and social capital in international communities / Grant Jarvie -- Troubling times in the Scottish-American relationship / Andrew Hook -- Bravehearts and patriarchs : masculinity on the pedestal in southern Scottish heritage celebration / Celeste Ray -- Finding Colonsay's emigrants and a "heritage of place" / John W. Sheets -- Pilgrims to the far country : North American "roots-tourists" in the Scottish highlands and islands / Paul Basu -- Tartan day in America / Edward J. Cowan -- Transatlantic Scots, their interlocutors, and the Scottish discursive unconscious / Colin McArthur.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005004046
ISBN0817314733 (alk. paper)
ISBN0817352406 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E49.2.S3 T73 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold