Launch of Scots in the USA
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
19:00
Admission free.
All over Scotland and the United States there are clues to the Scottish-American relationship, the legacy of centuries of trade and communication. The experiences of Scottish settlers in the United States varied enormously, as did their attitudes to the lifestyles that they left behind and began anew.
In Scots in the USA, Jenni Calder, author of Scots in Canada, explains why they left Scotland, where they went once they reached America, and what they did when they got there.
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Canada is peppered with Scottish names and Canada's phone books are filled with them. Increasingly Scottish Canadians are coming to Scotland in search of family history and over Scotland there are clues to the Scottish-Canadian relationship, the legacy of centuries of trade and communication as well as departure. -
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The experiences of Scottish settlers in the United States varied enormously, as did their attitudes to the lifestyles that they left behind and those they began anew once they arrived in North America. This work discusses why they left Scotland, where they went once they reached the US, and what they did when they got there.