Author: John K. V. Eunson
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
ISBN: 1845024257
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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In 1860 the first ever golf 'major' was held in Prestwick - a man from East Lothian won. In 1871 the first ever rugby international in the world took place in Edinburgh - Scotland won. In 1872 the first ever association football international in the world was hosted in Glasgow - it was a draw. All three of these momentous events in the history of sport - even if they did not seem that way at the time - were held in Scotland, and for the next century and more Scottish sporting men and women were pioneers in the growth of sport around the world. "Sporting Scots" tells the incredible stories of the Scots who brought sport to the globe and transformed the histories of golf, football, rugby, athletics, ice hockey, cricket, swimming, baseball, cycling, motor racing and many other sports in the process. It is also the modern history of the Scots abroad as they left the Auld Country far behind them for fame or fortune or for simple economic necessity and left a lasting sporting legacy around the globe.
Author: Gerald Redmond
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838630693
Category : Scots
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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This book examines the role of the Scots in the development of Canadian sport. The evidence from the wide range of primary and secondary sources cited by the author proves that the Scottish contribution was significant.
Author: Grant Jarvie
Publisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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A collection of essays by historians and sociologists on the importance of sport in the history of Scottish culture. The study encompasses the historical and the contemporary, the male and the female, the royal and the commoner, the middle class and working class aspects of Scottish sport.
Author: Tanja Bueltmann
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748646361
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The Scots accounted for around a quarter of all UK-born immigrants to New Zealand between 1861 and 1945, but have only been accorded scant attention in New Zealand histories, specialist immigration histories and Scottish Diaspora Studies. This is peculiar because the flow of Scots to New Zealand, although relatively unimportant to Scotland, constituted a sizable element to the country's much smaller population. Seen as adaptable, integrating relatively more quickly than other ethnic migrant groups in New Zealand, the Scots' presence was obscured by a fixation on the romanticised shortbread tin facade of Scottish identity overseas.Uncovering Scottish ethnicity from the verges of nostalgia, this study documents the notable imprint Scots left on New Zealand. It examines Scottish immigrant community life, culture and identity between 1850 and 1930.
Author: Robert Scott Fittis
Publisher:
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Category : Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Author: William M'Combie Smith
Publisher:
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Category : Athletes, Scottish
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Author: Charles St. John
Publisher:
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Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: Scottish History Society
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Author: Sir Arthur Mitchell
Publisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Coverage of publications outside the UK and in non-English languages expands steadily until, in 1991, it occupies enough of the Guide to require publication in parts.
