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  • Transatlantic Scots

    by Celeste Ray, Margaret Bennett, Edward J. Cowan, Paul Basu, Andrew Hook, Grant Jarvie, Colin McArthur, John W. Sheets, Michael Vance0, Jonathan Dembling1 ...
    Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritageDuring the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has produced hundreds of new Scottish clan and heritage societies. Well over 300 Scottish Highland games and gatherings annually take place across the U.S. and Canada.Transatlantic Scots is a multidisciplinary ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Inbetweenness of Things

    Materializing Mediation and Movement between Worlds

    Edited by Paul Basu ...
    We habitually categorize the world in binary logics of 'animate' and 'inanimate', 'natural' and 'supernatural', 'self' and 'other', 'authentic' and 'inauthentic'. The Inbetweenness of Things rejects such Western classificatory traditions – which tend to categorize objects using bounded notions of period, place and purpose – and argues instead for a paradigm where objects are not one thing or ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Museums, Heritage and International Development

    Edited by Paul Basu, Wayne Modest ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Culture and Development
    While many claims are made regarding the power of cultural heritage as a driver and enabler of sustainable development, the relationship between museums, heritage and development has received little academic scrutiny. This book stages a critical conversation between the interdisciplinary fields of museum studies, heritage studies and development studies to explore this under-researched sphere of ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Highland Homecomings

    Genealogy and Heritage Tourism in the Scottish Diaspora

    by Paul Basu ...
    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 ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

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    Edited by Caoilfhionn Nic Phaidin ...
    The 1871 census came to the stark conclusion that 'within relatively few years' Irish would cease to exist. Yet, over a century later, Irish became the twenty-third officially recognized language of the European Union in 2007. To believe the census returns of recent years, Irish is in a state of rude health. But is this true when half a million people claim to speak Irish, but seldom actually ... Read more

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  • A Waxing Moon

    The Modern Gaelic Revival

    by Roger Hutchinson ...
    Thirty years ago, the Gaelic language and culture which had been eminent in Scotland for 1,300 years seemed to be in the final stages of a 200-year terminal decline. The number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland had fallen tenfold over the previous century. The language itself was commonplace only in the scattered communities of the north-west Highlands and Hebrides.By the early years of the 21st ... Read more

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  • Celts in the Americas

    Edited by Michael Newton ...
    Celtic-speaking peoples of Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Scottish Highlands and Wales played a vital role in the history of Europe and the Americas. Immigrant Celtic communities enjoyed many significant accomplishments explored in this volume. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Voicing Scotland

    Folk, Culture, Nation

    by Gary West ...
    Voicing Scotland takes the reader on a discovery tour through Scotland's traditional music and song culture, past and present. West unravels the strings that link many of our contemporary musicians, singers and poets with those of the past, offering up to our ears these voices which deserve to be more loudly heard. What do they say to us in the 21st Century? What is the role of tradition in the ... Read more

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  • Scotland's Future Culture

    Recalibrating a Nation's Identity

    by Stuart McHardy ...
    The culture of all nations is rooted in past experience, individual and communal. In Scotland's Future History McHardy looked at the misrepresentation of so much of Scotland's political and social history. In this new volume he takes a wider look at aspects of Scotland's culture that have been at the heart of how we have developed into who we are in today's world. Topics include literature, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Studying British Cultures

    An Introduction

    Edited by Susan Bassnett ...
    'British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies' cover a wide range of facets of contemporary Britain. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction is a unique collection of essays which examine the most significant aspects of this quickly developing area of study, analyzing the ways of teaching and reading British culture.The work covers the contemporary and key issues, including:the terminological ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Gypsy Identities 1500-2000

    From Egipcyans and Moon-men to the Ethnic Romany

    by David Mayall ...
    Gypsies have lived in England since the early sixteenth century, yet considerable confusion and disagreement remain over the precise identity of the group. The question 'Who are the Gypsies?' is still asked and the debates about the positioning and permanence of the boundary between Gypsy and non-Gypsy are contested as fiercely today as at any time before. This study locates these debates in their ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Celtic Geographies

    Old Cultures, New Times

    Edited by David C. Harvey, Rhys Jones, Neil McInroy, Christine Milligan ...
    Celtic Geographies questions traditional conceptualizations of Celticity that rely on an homogenous interpretation of what it means to be a Celt in contemporary society. The various contributors break away from these traditional interpretations to critically explore a Celticity that is diverse in character. The book explores a number of themes that are central to historical and contemporary ... Read more

    $79.99 USD