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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 241-265 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Scottish Historical Review |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | Sep 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
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‘Scots and Scabs from North-by-Tweed’ : Undesirable Scottish Migrants in Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England. / Brown, Keith M.; Kennedy, Allan (Lead / Corresponding author); Talbott, Siobhan.
In: Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, 10.2019, p. 241-265.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Scots and Scabs from North-by-Tweed’
T2 - Undesirable Scottish Migrants in Seventeenth- and Early Eighteenth-Century England
AU - Brown, Keith M.
AU - Kennedy, Allan
AU - Talbott, Siobhan
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - While very prominent in the contemporary world, anxiety about the potentially negative impact that immigrants might have on their host communities has deep historical roots. In a British context, such fears were particularly heightened following the regal union of 1603 when large numbers of Scots began settling in England. This article offers a fresh perspective on these issues by exploring the experiences and reception of poor, deviant or otherwise ‘undesirable’ Scottish migrants to England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Focusing in particular on chapmen, vagrants and criminals, it suggests that, while in general Scots were able to integrate relatively easily into English society, there existed an unwelcome subset surviving by dubious means. Though not usually attracting unduly severe treatment on account of their nationality, these unwelcome migrants had a disproportionate effect on English perceptions of and attitudes towards the broader cohort of Scottish migrants in their midst.
AB - While very prominent in the contemporary world, anxiety about the potentially negative impact that immigrants might have on their host communities has deep historical roots. In a British context, such fears were particularly heightened following the regal union of 1603 when large numbers of Scots began settling in England. This article offers a fresh perspective on these issues by exploring the experiences and reception of poor, deviant or otherwise ‘undesirable’ Scottish migrants to England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Focusing in particular on chapmen, vagrants and criminals, it suggests that, while in general Scots were able to integrate relatively easily into English society, there existed an unwelcome subset surviving by dubious means. Though not usually attracting unduly severe treatment on account of their nationality, these unwelcome migrants had a disproportionate effect on English perceptions of and attitudes towards the broader cohort of Scottish migrants in their midst.
U2 - 10.3366/shr.2019.0402
DO - 10.3366/shr.2019.0402
M3 - Article
VL - 98
SP - 241
EP - 265
JO - Scottish Historical Review
JF - Scottish Historical Review
SN - 0036-9241
IS - 2
ER -