An imperial people? Highland scots, emigration and the British colonial world

Archaeologies of the British: Explorations of Identity in Great Britain and its Colonies 1600-1945

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 138-155

  Symonds, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203827529     Document Type: Chapter

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