Scotland, Empire and Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century

Bryan S. Glass is Senior Lecturer at Texas State University and Founder of the British Scholar SocietyJohn M. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at the University of Lancaster, Honorary Professor at the University of St. Andrews, Honorary Professor at the University of Aberdeen, and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh

• Introduction – John M. MacKenzie and Bryan S. GlassPart I: Migration, diaspora, identities1. Initiatives, impediments and identities: Scottish emigration in the twentieth century – Marjory Harper2. Applying the diasporic lens to identity and empire in twentieth-century Scotland – Graeme Morton3. The strange case of jute – Gordon T. Stewart4. Scots in early twentieth century British Columbia: class, race and gender – Michael E. VancePart II: Anti-colonialism, the military, decolonisation and nationalism5. Anti-colonialism in twentieth-century Scotland – Stephen Howe6. Beating retreat: the Scottish military tradition in decline – Stuart Allan7. Newspapers and empire: bringing Africa to the Scottish public – Bryan S. Glass8. David Livingstone, the Scottish cultural and political revival and the end of empire in Africa – John M. MacKenzie9. Three referendums and a by-election: The shadow of empire in devolutionary politics – Jimmi Østergaard Nielsen and Stuart WardIndex

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