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CLUBBING TOGETHER
ETHNICITY, CIVILITY AND FORMAL SOCIABILITY IN THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA TO 1930 |
| By: |
Tanja Bueltmann |
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Hardback |
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£32.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1781381356 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781781381359 |
| Publisher: |
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 September, 2014 |
| Series: |
Migrations and Identities v.4 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Clubbing Together offers the first global study of Scottish ethnic associationalism, exploring transnationally the evolution and role of Scottish clubs and societies. |
| Synopsis: |
Emigrants carried a rich array of associations with them to the new worlds in which they settled, often 'clubbing together' along ethnic lines shortly after first foot fall. Yet while a crucial element of immigrant community life, one of the richest examples, that of Scottish migrants, has received only patchy coverage. Moreover, no one has yet problematized Scottish associations, such as St Andrew's societies or Burns clubs, as a series of transnational connections that were deeply rooted in the civic life of their respective communities. This book provides the first global study to capture the wider relevance of the Scots' associationalism, arguing that associations and formal sociability are a key to explaining how migrants negotiated their ethnicity in the diaspora and connected to social structures in diverse settlements.Moving beyond the traditional nineteenth-century settler dominions, the book offers a unique comparative focus, bringing together Scotland's near diaspora in England and Ireland with that in North America, Africa, and Australasia to assess the evolution of Scottish ethnic associations, as well as their diverse roles as sites of memory and expressions of civility. The book reveals that the structures offered by Scottish associations engaged directly with the local, New World contexts, developing distinct characteristics that cannot be subsumed under one simplistic label-that of an overseas 'national society'. The book promotes understanding not only of Scottish ethnicity overseas, but also of how different types of ethnic associational activism made diaspora tangible. |
| Illustrations: |
12 black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year Award 2015 |
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Returnable |
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