Our Centre Director, Professor Angela McCarthy, and Centre Steering Group Member Professor Sir Tom Devine have recently had their edited collection New Scots: Scotland’s Immigrant Communities since 1945 published by Edinburgh University Press as part of their Studies in Scottish and Irish Migration series. The book is one of four publications to emerge from a 3-year (2014-2016) Economic and Social Research Society (UK) funded seminar series on Scotland’s diasporas in international comparative context.
The book is the first wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary overview of immigration to Scotland in recent history and its impact on both the newcomers and the host society. It examines key themes relating to postwar migration by showcasing the experiences of many of Scotland’s most striking immigrant communities of people arriving from England, Poland, India, Pakistan, China, the Caribbean and the African continent. New Scots also features analysis of asylum seekers and refugees, along with Jewish and Roma migrants, and includes a chapter on migrant voting patterns during the Independence Referendum of 2014. Framed in chronological, thematic and international contexts, New Scots offers its readers a penetrating understanding of immigration, one of the most crucial issues confronting the United Kingdom today.
Edinburgh University Press is currently offering a special 30% discount on the book, valid until 31 October 2018 New Scots Flyer (500KB).
Contents
1. Introduction: Scotland’s New Immigrants, T.M. Devine and Angela McCarthy
2. Invisible Migrants? English People in Modern Scotland, T.M. Devine
3. ‘New’ Jews in Scotland since 1945, Nicholas J. Evans and Angela McCarthy
4. The Migration and Settlement of Pakistanis and Indians, Stefano Bonino
5. Immigration to Scotland from Overseas: The Experience of Nurses, Ima Jackson
6. Polish Diaspora or Polish Migrant Communities? Polish Migrants in Scotland, 1945-2015, Emilia Piętka-Nykaza
7. Education and the Social Mobility of Chinese Families in Scotland, Eona Bell
8. African Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Tales of Settling in Scotland, 2000-2015, Teresa Piacentini
9. ‘Race’, Place and Territorial Stigmatisation: The Construction of Roma Migrants in and through Govanhill, Scotland, Ashli Mullen
10. Migration, Engagement and Constitutional Preferences: Evidence from the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum, Ailsa Henderson, Chris Carman, Rob Johns and James Mitchell
11. Immigration to Scotland since 1945: The Global Context, Enda Delaney
