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Book SynopsisMany Canadians with a Scottish background feel the pull of their Gaelic origins. This book explores the impact of the Scots on Canadian life, showing how the Scots' image of their homeland and themselves played an important role in the emerging definition of what it meant to be Canadian.
Trade Review"A compelling collection of essays. It's an important work not only for scholars on both sides of the Atlantic but for general readers interested in Scotland and Canada." Margaret Bennett, Scottish Royal Academy of Music and Drama
Table of ContentsContributors include J. M. Bumsted (Manitoba), Edward J. Cowan (Glasgow), George Dalgleish (National Museums of Scotland), Marjory Harper (Aberdeen), H.P. Klepak ( Royal Military College of Canada), Gillian I. Leitch (Montreal), Roderick MacLeod (McGill University), Douglas McCalla (Guelph), Heather McNabb (McCord Museum of Canadian History), Irena Murray (Royal Institute of British Architects), Jock Murray (Dalhousie), Cath Oberholtzer (Trent University), Eileen Stack (McCord Museum of Canadian History), Rene Villeneuve (National Gallery of Canada), and Suzanne Zeller (Wilfred Laurier).
