Scots in the USA

by Jenni Calder

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The map of the United States is peppered with Scottish place-names and America's telephone directories are filled with surnames illustrating Scottish ancestry. Increasingly, Americans of Scottish extraction are visiting Scotland in search of their family history. All over Scotland and the United States there are clues to the Scottish-American relationship, the legacy of centuries of trade and communication as well as that of departure and heritage.

The experiences of Scottish settlers in the United States varied enormously, as did their attitudes to the lifestyles that they left behind and those that they began anew once they arrived in North America.

Scots in the USA discusses why they left Scotland, where they went once they reached the United States, and what they did when they got there.

  • ISBN13 9781908373380
  • Publish Date 18 December 2013 (first published 1 February 2006)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Luath Press Ltd
  • Edition 2nd New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 262
  • Language English