A01=Iain Watson
Author_Iain Watson
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Contemporary
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forthcoming
Identity
Migration
Scottish
Settlers
Soujourners
Product details
- ISBN 9781474492751
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Migration requires constant re-evaluation and compromise, and since 1950 the migration landscape has undergone significant change. Government migration policies, the end of Empire, a global migrant pool and improved transport and communication links have all played a role.
Using the oral testimony from sojourners and settlers, this book explores both forms of modern migration by comparing the changing challenges and differing experiences of Scottish migrants in New Zealand and Hong Kong. Iain Watson develops an understanding of the motivations behind contemporary settler and sojourner migration and of how different host environments and individual circumstances can impact on the way migrants use their Scottish identity to locate themselves within their destinations.
Dr Iain Watson is a Tutor in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He has previously contributed chapters to Global Migrations: The Scottish Diaspora Since 1600 (edited by Angela McCarthy and John MacKenzie, EUP, 2016) and The Scottish Experience in Asia, c.1700 to the Present; Settlers and Sojourners edited by Angela McCarthy and T. M. Devine, Springer, 2017). This is his first book.
