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Oatmeal and the Catechism |
ISBN:9780859765749 Category: Emigration, Social History
Author: Margaret Bennett
Publication Date: January 2003
Format: PB
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Price: £14.99
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Synopsis: The award-winning Oatmeal and the Catechism records the oral history, folklore and folk-life of emigrants from the Outer Hebrides to Quebec in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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Lithuanians in Scotland, The |
ISBN:9781899863273 Category: Emigration, Social History
Author: John Millar
Publication Date: January 1998
Format: PB
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Price: £13.99
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| Synopsis: The Lithuanian community has made a strong contribution to modern Scotland. This is a record of the early years following their arrival in the early 20th century.
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Scotland Farewell |
ISBN:9781841584591 Category: Emigration, Social History
Author: Donald Mackay
Publication Date: September 2006
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: This book is a fascinating story of the Highland emigrants who travelled to Nova Scotia in the hope of, though deceived of a better life; how they rose above the deception and ensuing difficulties with the resilience and resourcefulness for which the Scots are best known.
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Mobile Scot, The |
ISBN:9780859764537 Category: Emigration, Social History
Author: Jeanette M Brock
Publication Date: March 1999
Format: PB
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Price: £25.00
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| Synopsis: Until now there have been no rational studies of the age, sex and status of Scottish migrants. This book opens up entirely new perspectives on one of the classic subjects of Scottish history. Using detailed information from census readings, Jeanette Brock’s impressive study quantifies the out-migration by country and region.
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Be Well! |
ISBN:9781862321298 Category: Emigration, Social History
Author: Kenneth Collins
Publication Date: March 2001
Format: PB
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Price: £12.99
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| Synopsis: This book looks at the response of the Jewish community in Glasgow to its health problems and the complex community based welfare infrastructure it created.
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Songs Remembered in Exile |
ISBN:9781841580104 Category: Cultural Studies, Music, Social History, Emigration
Author: John Lorne Campbell
Publication Date: January 1999
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This book forms a rich compendium of Gaelic song and history, and is a striking record of the vigour and range of the Gaelic tradition in Canada.
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