A global force : war, identities and Scotland's diaspora / / edited by David Forsyth and Wendy Ugolini

• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Disciplina: 909.049163
• Soggetto topico: War and society; Emigration and immigration; National characteristics, Scottish
• Persona (resp. second.): UgoliniWendy; ForsythDavid (Principal curator)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1 Military Scotland in the Age of Proto-globalisation, c. 1690 to c. 1815 -- 2 Forging Nationhood: Scottish Imperial Identity and the Construction of Nationhood in the Dominions, 1880-1914 -- 3 The Scottish Soldier and Scotland, 1914-1918 -- Part 2 -- 4 Performing Scottishness in England: Forming and Dressing the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles -- 5 Canada, Military Scottishness and the First World War -- 6 'A military fervour akin to religious fanaticism': Scottish Military Identity in the Australian Imperial Force -- 7 South Africa and Scotland in the First World War -- 8 Ngati Tumatauenga and the Kilties: New Zealand's Ethnic Military Traditions -- 9 Scottish Ethnic Associationalism, Military Identity and Diaspora Connections in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the many ways in which a military Scottish identity was reinvented and forged overseas amongst Scotland's diaspora from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It provides case studies from North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
• Titolo autorizzato: A global force
• ISBN: 1-4744-2249-7; 1-4744-1350-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798608603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II