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2016
Book chapter
Performing Scottishness in England: dressing the London Scottish Volunteer Rifles
This chapter examines expressions of Scottish difference through the dress and activities of ‘the London Scottish’, a volunteer corps established in 1859. It addresses its connections with the Caledonian Society of London and the Highland Society of London, a revival of links between Scottish associational culture and military volunteering established...Allan, Stuart
England, London, Volunteer, Military, and Associational culture
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2016
Book chapter
Introduction: a global force: war, identities and Scotland’s diaspora
This introduction provides an overview of the phenomenon of military Scottishness in four key nations: Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as the often neglected ‘near diaspora’ of England. It highlights the potency and successful export of Scottish martial identity since the latter half of the nineteenth...Forsyth, David S ; Ugolini, Wendy
Scotland, Military, Associational culture, Identity, and Diaspora