Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War

Allan, Stuart; Forsyth, David S

Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War

Resource type

Book

Creator (person)

Allan, Stuart

Forsyth, David S

Date published

July 15, 2014

Abstract

Emigration has been an ever-present theme in the story of Scotland. In 1914, as the world prepared for war, thousands of men enlisted in Scotland for military service, and across the British empire and beyond thousands more of Scottish birth and descent joined up. As optimism gave way to the grim reality of years of conflict, the human cost of fighting became a foundation of national consciousness in the countries where Scottish people had made new lives - Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and elsewhere. Based on the exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland (11 July to 12 October 2014) Common Cause explores the relationship between Scottish military traditions and the emerging national identities of the British Commonwealth. - Taken from book jacket

Publisher

NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing

Place of publication

Edinburgh

Official URL

http://shop.nms.ac.uk/products/Common-Cause.html

http://www.nms.ac.uk/about-us/collections-departments/scottish-history-and-archaeology/

http://www.nms.ac.uk/connections/our-national-work/first-world-war-centenary/

http://www.nms.ac.uk/connections/our-national-work/first-world-war-centenary/common-cause/