Emigration from Scotland’s fishing communities was high in the 1880s. Catches were poor and the Russian Revolution had caused the collapse of one of the most reliable markets for Scottish fish. Many ...
In Lowland Scotland, the countryside was under pressure; there were more people and fewer farms to buy. Farms had grown larger and become more industrialised, making them more expensive. In addition, ...
And how many physiologists will read the rest? Emigration, Migration, and Nomadism. By the late Walter Heape. Edited with a Preface by Dr. F. H. A. Marshall. Pp. xii + 369. (Cambridge: W.
A new initiative, Italea, focuses on the millions of people worldwide with Italian ancestry who are eager to learn more about their long-ago family histories.
This interactive museum details 1,500 years of Irish history, with stories of the 100 million people who left Ireland, how and where they lived, and their impact on the rest of the world.