What is it about?
Large-scale migration within and to the nineteenth-century British Isles was a feature of a dynamic industrial economy. Among the migrants who specifically came to Scotland, over time increasing numbers came from Continental Europe. In this paper, I will attempt to show how we can begin to understand relationships between those migrants and Scottish officials in the period 1885-1939.
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Why is it important?
Migration is one of the great issues of our age. Understanding not only the processes involved but also the human experience it generates it vital if we are to really come to terms with the modern world. This article tries to show how Scottish officials and migrants dealt with each other at a time of significant change.
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This article is the result of several years research and thinking about migrant identity in Scotland. There has been a great need to find some way forward for comparative research of migrant-host relationships in Scotland's past. Here I've tried to look at what we know about Italians, Jews, Germans and Lithuanian in pre-1939 Scotland and how Scottish Secretaries, Scottish Office and other agencies recognised, recorded and managed relations with them.
Dr. Terence McBride
Open University
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This page is a summary of: Migrants and the Public World in Scotland, 1885–1939: A Way Forward for Comparative Research, Journal of Migration History, April 2017, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/23519924-00301003.
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