The Scots-Italians

The Scots-Italians PDF Author: Joe Pieri
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
ISBN: 9781841830872
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Joe Pieri arrived in Glasgow from Italy in 1919, when his family came to work in the city's newly-popular fish and chip shops. In this book, Joe shares his experiences of being an immigrant in Scotland, describing how he and his family bettered themselves against the odds.

The Scots-Italians

The Scots-Italians PDF Author: Joe Pieri
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
ISBN: 9781841830872
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 150

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Book Description
Joe Pieri arrived in Glasgow from Italy in 1919, when his family came to work in the city's newly-popular fish and chip shops. In this book, Joe shares his experiences of being an immigrant in Scotland, describing how he and his family bettered themselves against the odds.

Experiencing war as the 'enemy other'

Experiencing war as the 'enemy other' PDF Author: Wendy Ugolini
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526126311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279

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Italy’s declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the ‘enemy other’. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II.

Sicily and Scotland

Sicily and Scotland PDF Author: Graham Tulloch
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
ISBN: 9781783062386
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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What can two countries at the edge of Europe with very different histories, people and climates have in common? When brought together as they are in this book, probably for the first time, Sicily and Scotland prove to have some surprising similarities as well as more predictable differences. Both once independent nations, they are now part of larger nation states, but each still retains a deep sense of independent cultural and political identity rooted in its separate history and language which is explored in literature and film. Both favoured destinations of tourists, they have proved immensely attractive to travel writers, here represented by studies of Scottish travellers writing about Sicily. Finally they have both been great emigrant nations, sending their people across the globe to settle in faraway places, although their experiences in their new nations were very different. This book focuses on these three major strands of comparison and contrast: literature and film, travel writing and emigration. It explores the work of some of each nation's most famous writers (Sciascia, Lampedusa, Scott and Stevenson) and some well known and acclaimed films by directors of the stature of Visconti, Tornatore, Forsyth and Loach. It considers the string of Scots who, before it was discovered by tourists, made the long and unfamiliar journey to Sicily culminating in Patrick Brydone's Tour Through Sicily and Malta which proved to be immensely popular and went through many editions after its first appearance in 1773. Finally it provides a comparison of the experience of Sicilian and Scottish emigrants through a general survey of Scottish migration, the particular case study of Sicilians in Australia, and one man's personal account of the lives of his Sicilian and Scottish ancestors in America. The writers of this book present a fascinating comparison of these two places which have been much studied but almost never brought together before.

The Scots

The Scots PDF Author: Alistair Moffat
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 085790020X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In The Scots: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where we are from, who we are and in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotland.

Scots in Italy in the 18th Century

Scots in Italy in the 18th Century PDF Author: Basil C. Skinner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Italians' Count in Scotland

Italians' Count in Scotland PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993478512
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Lost Clan

The Lost Clan PDF Author: Robert Gayre of Gayre and Nigg
Publisher: Armorial
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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River of Memory

River of Memory PDF Author: Joe Pieri
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
ISBN: 9781841831060
Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Coming from Italy as a child, Joe Pieri was always aware that he was something of an outsider - a 'Tally' to his Glasgow schoolmates - and yet, after leaving school at 13 to work in his father's fish and chip shop, the legendary 'Savoy', he settled well into Scottish life. This is his autobiography.

The Italian Factor

The Italian Factor PDF Author: Terri Colpi
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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The Wee Italian Girl

The Wee Italian Girl PDF Author: Serafina Crolla
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
ISBN: 180425021X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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An ancient way of life. Living with nature and the seasons. Moving from high mountain to plain. The cleanest air and water, the purest food and wine. A little girl tells the story of her last year at home high up in the Apennines of Italy. The love of her family and neighbours. The conviviality and shared purpose of her tight knit community. The beloved grandmother she will leave behind as her parents head for the factory floors and restaurant kitchens of 1950's Edinburgh. An immigrant's tale but also a record of a simpler life. At one time negated and cast aside and now more than ever sought out and admired. The Wee Italian Girl is a document for many Scottish Italians who, apart from picturesque villages and majestic mountains wish to really know from whom and where they came.