New Scots: Scotland'S Immigrant Communities Since 1945 (Studies in Scottish and Irish Migration) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474437885 ISBN 13: 9781474437882

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland's most striking immigrant communities of people arriving from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial issues confronting the United Kingdom today.

About this title

Review:

"Multi-layered and empirically well-informed...this accessible collection deserves to be read by all concerned with the changing make-up of Scottish society, from Holyrood to local councils and voluntary organisations." -- Process North

About the Author:

Sir Tom M. Devine is Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History and Palaeography Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh. Angela McCarthy is Professor of Scottish and Irish History and Director of the Centre for Global Migrations at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1474437885
• ISBN 13: 9781474437882
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Devine Tom M., McCarthy Angela