To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010
- ISBN-10
- 0141015640
- ISBN-13
- 9780141015644
- Series
- To the Ends of the Earth
- Category
- Civilization, Modern
- Pages
- 397
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Thomas Martin Devine
Description
The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women and children sought their fortunes in every part of the globe, from the British Empire to the United States, in cities and on prairie farms, as traders, bankers, missionaries, soldiers, politicians and engineers. To the Ends of the Earth puts this extraordinary epic centre stage in Scottish history, cutting through myth and sentiment surrounding stories such as the Highland Clearances and the Enlightenment to show the true impact of Scottish emigration on the world, and on the nation it left behind. 'Devine has done it again; written a near-definitive work in his remarkable series on the Scottish nation and its global activities' Scotsman 'A truly astonishing story' Daily Telegraph Scotland 'A grand overview of Scottish emigration . . . very revealing' Scottish Review of Books 'A masterly breadth of knowledge and an admiral absence of hyperbole' Economist 'An engrossing study' Sunday Times 'Explodes myths and foregrounds the realities of emigration ... it has the fascinating charm of a detective story' Guardian 'Magisterial' Independent
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