@inbook{31d6b93cc1e4493f906834cd8abeda94,
title = "Rhetoric and reality: the quest for {"}freedom{"} in the Scottish diaspora",
abstract = "The chapter studies the Scottish diaspora through the lens of key ideologies and myths associated with the Declaration of Arbroath. It analyses continuities and changes in the attitudes, experiences and legacies of Scottish emigrants over seven centuries, particularly since the parliamentary union, with reference to t heir understanding and articulation of freedom and independence, and the mechanisms by which they implanted their identities and practices overseas.",
keywords = "diaspora, emigration, freedom, independence, identity, rhetoric, myths, Tartan Day, history, learning",
author = "Harper, {Marjory-Ann Denoon}",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
day = "2",
doi = "10.3726/b16812",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783631813188",
series = "Scottish Studies International",
publisher = "Peter Lang",
pages = "201--227",
editor = "Muller, {Klaus Peter}",
booktitle = "Scotland and Arbroath 1320 – 2020",
}
