| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 An itinerant anthropology -- chapter 3 Genealogy and heritage tourism in the Scottish diaspora: an overview -- chapter 4 Imagineering home -- chapter 5 Home spaces, homep., homelands -- chapter 6 Clanlands -- chapter 7 Sites of memory, sources of identity -- chapter 8 Homecomings -- chapter 9 Exiles and emigrants: Negotiating the moralities of migrant family histories -- chapter 10 Heuristic journeys |
| Summary |
The first full-length ethnographic study of its kind, Highland Homecomings examines the role of place, ancestry and territorial attachment in the context of a modern age characterized by mobility and rootlessness. With an interdisciplinary approach, speaking to current themes in anthropology, archaeology, history, historical geography, cultural studies, migration studies, tourism studies, Scottish studies, Paul Basu explores the journeys made to the Scottish Highlands and Islands to undertake genealogical research and seek out ancestral sites. Using an innovative method |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Scottish Americans -- Ethnic identity
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Scottish Americans -- Travel -- Scotland
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Scottish Americans -- Genealogy
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Scots -- Migrations
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Families -- Scotland -- History
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Heritage tourism -- Scotland
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Culture and tourism -- Scotland
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Culture and tourism
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Families
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Heritage tourism
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Scottish Americans
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| SUBJECT |
Scotland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118827
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Scotland -- Genealogy
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| Subject |
Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Genealogy
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203945506 |
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0203945506 |
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9786610738939 |
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6610738939 |
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9781135391904 |
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1135391904 |
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9781135391942 |
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1135391947 |
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9781135391959 |
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1135391955 |
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