Family, Society and Highland Identity in an Industrial World

During the later nineteenth century, the kin and social networks of the Highland diaspora that had persisted in the rural settlements of Cape Breton Island were transferred to the Sydney coalfield, as Gaels from the island’s countryside such as William McDonald migrated to the fast-expanding coal di...

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Main Author: Nerbas, Don
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2023
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474494304.003.0009