Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora: Leaving the Cold Country

Why did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the...
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Author: Graeme Morton
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Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora: Leaving the Cold Country by Morton, Graeme

Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora: Leaving the Cold Country

$184.15

Weather, Migration and the Scottish Diaspora: Leaving the Cold Country

$184.15
Author: Graeme Morton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Why did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the world where greater temperature extreme was the norm? The long nineteenth century was a period consistently cooler than now, and Scotland remains the coldest of the British nations. Nineteenth-century meteorologists turned to environmental determinism to explain the persistence of agricultural shortage and to identify the atmospheric conditions that exacerbated the incidence of death and disease in the towns. In these cases, the logic of emigration and the benefits of an alternative climate were compelling. Emigration agents portrayed their favoured climate in order to pull migrants in their direction. The climate reasons, pressures and incentives that resulted in the movement of people have been neither straightforward nor uniform. There are known structural features that contextualize the migration experience, chief among them being economic and demographic factors. By building on the work of historical climatologists, and the availability of long-run climate data, for the first time the emigration history of Scotland is examined through the lens of the nation's climate. In significant per capita numbers, the Scots left the cold country behind; yet the 'homeland' remained an unbreakable connection for the diaspora.



Author: Graeme Morton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/01/2022
Pages: 278
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780367558901

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