Description
| Product ID: | 9783319430737 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Title: | The Scottish Experience in Asia, c.1700 to the Present |
| Subtitle: | Settlers and Sojourners |
| Authors: | Author: Angela McCarthy, T. M. Devine |
| Page Count: | 324 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social & cultural history, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Scotland, Asia, Modern period, c 1500 onwards |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century to the present. This pioneering volume focuses on the scale, territorial trajectories, impact, economic relationships, identity and nature of the Scottish-Asia connection from the late seventeenth century to the present. It is especially concerned with identifying whether there was a distinctive Scottish experience and if so, what effect it had on the East. Did Scots bring different skills to Asia and how far did their backgrounds prepare them in different ways? Were their networks distinctive compared to other ethnicities? What was the pull of Asia for them? Did they really punch above their weight as some contemporaries thought, or was that just exaggerated rhetoric? If there was a distinctive ''Scottish effect'' how is that to be explained? |
| Imprint Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-12-01 |
