Scots In Canada
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The Scots In Canada
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Author : J. M. Bumsted
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Scots In Canada written by J. M. Bumsted and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Canada categories.
Scots In Canada
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Author : Jenni Calder
language : en
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Release Date : 2013-11-15
Scots In Canada written by Jenni Calder and has been published by Luath Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-15 with Reference categories.
In Canada there are nearly as many descendants of Scots as there are people living in Scotland; almost 5 million Canadians ticked the "Scottish origin" box in the most recent Canadian Census. Many Scottish families have friends or relatives in Canada. Who left Scotland? Why did they leave? What did they do when they got there? What was their impact on the developing nation? Thousands of Scots were forced from their homeland, while others chose to leave, seeking a better life. As individuals, families and communities, they braved the wild Atlantic Ocean, many crossing in cramped under-rationed ships, unprepared for the fierce Canadian winter. And yet Scots went on to lay railroads, found banks and exploit the fur trade, and helped form the political infrastructure of modern day Canada. This book follows the pioneers west from Nova Scotia to the prairie frontier and on to the Pacific coast. It examines the reasons why so many Scots left their land and families. The legacy of centuries of trade and communication still binds the two countries, and Scottish Canadians keep alive the traditions that crossed the Atlantic with their ancestors. REVIEW: ...meticulously researched and fluently written... it neatly charts the rise of a country without succumbing to sentimental myths. SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
The Scottish Tradition In Canada
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Author : William Stanford Reid
language : en
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Release Date : 1976
The Scottish Tradition In Canada written by William Stanford Reid and has been published by McClelland & Stewart this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
Great Scots
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Author : Matthew Shaw
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Great Scots written by Matthew Shaw and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Great Scots! chronicles how penniless but enterprising Scottish emigres came to dominate almost all forms of enterprise in early Canada and literally created much of the country we know today. Through the fur trade, Scots formed the backbone of North America's first continent-wide industry more than two hundred years ago. This book demonstrates the astounding extent to which Canada's fundamental institutions and culture are a product of early, tough-minded Scottish immigrants.
The Scots To Canada
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Author : Douglas Hill
language : en
Publisher: London : Gentry Books
Release Date : 1972
The Scots To Canada written by Douglas Hill and has been published by London : Gentry Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Social Science categories.
How The Scots Invented Canada
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Author : Kenneth McGoogan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-10-07
How The Scots Invented Canada written by Kenneth McGoogan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-07 with Canada categories.
Canadians of Scottish descent, who today total over 4.7 million, have never made up more than 16 per cent of Canada's population. Yet they have supplied thirteen of twenty-two Canadian prime ministers, and have made proportionate contributions in exploration, education, banking, military service, railroading, invention, literature, you name it. Award-winning author Ken McGoogan has written a vivid, sweeping narrative showcasing more than sixty Scots who have shaped Canada. They include fur traders Alexander Mackenzie and the "Scotch West-Indian" James Douglas, who established national boundaries; politicians John A. Macdonald and Nellie McClung, who created a system of government; and visionaries Tommy Douglas, James Houston, Doris Anderson and Marshall McLuhan, who turned Canada into a complex nation that celebrates diversity. McGoogan toasts Robbie Burns, recalls the first settlers to wade ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia, and celebrates such hybrid figures as the Cherokee Scot John Norton and Cuthbert Grant, father of the Métis nation. In How the Scots Invented Canada, Ken McGoogan uncovers the Scottish history of a nation-building miracle.
Kingdom Of The Mind
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Author : Peter E. Rider
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2006-04-05
Kingdom Of The Mind written by Peter E. Rider and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-05 with History categories.
In A Kingdom of the Mind ethnographers, material culture specialists, and contributors from a wide variety of disciplines explore the impact of the Scots on Canadian life, showing how the Scots' image of their homeland and themselves played an important role in the emerging definition of what it meant to be Canadian.
The Scots In Canada
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Author : Scottish Record Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-01-01
The Scots In Canada written by Scottish Record Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Canada categories.
Scots In The Usa And Canada 1825 1875
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Author : David Dobson
language : en
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Release Date : 2009-06
Scots In The Usa And Canada 1825 1875 written by David Dobson and has been published by Genealogical Publishing Com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Canada categories.
Nineteenth-century emigration from Scotland to the U.S. was the continuation of a process that had its roots in the 17th century. Unlike the majority of European emigrants, who represented surplus rural workers from an agrarian society, the Scottish emigrants of the Victorian period were skilled, educated workers from urban industrial backgrounds whose expertise was in great demand in the rapidly industrializing cities of North America. Between 1825 and 1838, more than 60,000 emigrants left Scotland bound for North America; from 1840 to 1853, nearly 30,000 emigrated from there; and in 1881 alone, 38,000 left for the U.S. and 3,000 left for Canada, mostly via Greenock. In this context, we are pleased to publish the fifth installment (fifth book) in David Dobson's Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875, a series designed to compensate for the lack of official Scottish passenger lists to North America during the 19th century (see also Part One, Part Two, Part Three, and Part Four). Containing about 1,800 sketches not found in the prior books, Part Five brings the total number of descriptions of the Scottish men and women and their families who were part of this great exodus to about 8,000. Dr. Dobson's findings come from primary sources in Scotland and North America. Parts One and Two derive from Scottish newspapers as well as from a handful of documents in the National Archives of Scotland. Part Three is based on the records of the Scottish Register of Sasines and Register of Deeds, as well as newspapers, found in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. Part Four is based on documents housed at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa, the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax, and a number of libraries and archives in Scotland. The data found in Part Five derives from newspapers and other documents in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. Researchers will find a list of references at the back of each book. Dr. Dobson has arranged these expatriates alphabetically in each Part and, while the descriptions vary, he gives the individual's full name, place of residence in North America (country, state/province, or city), an identifying date, and the source of the information. In addition, many of the entries indicate the individual's date of birth, father's name and occupation or place of residence, spouse, or the name of the vessel upon which he or she arrived.
Scots In Canada
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Author : John Murray Gibbon
language : en
Publisher: London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner
Release Date : 1911
Scots In Canada written by John Murray Gibbon and has been published by London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Canada categories.