Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.

The first decade of the new Scottish Parliament has seen the emergence of a new-found national confidence. 'Scottishness' is clearly alive and flourishing. This book offers new and detailed insights into Scottish language and its usage by the Scottish press. To what extent does the use of identifiably Scottish lexical features help them to maintain their distinctive Scottish identity and appeal to their readership?

History Scotland is the world's premier Scottish history magazine, available in print and digital editions.  The magazine was launched in October 2001 at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh by Professor Christopher Smout, Historiographer Royal, who is now one of the magazine’s patrons. It is backed by the Scottish history and archaeology professions with leading representatives from a variety of different disciplines on the Editorial Board.  History Scotland provides fascinating features on topics from all branches and periods of Scottish history and archaeology.

Parrot Time issue 16 July-August 2015

Parrot Time is a magazine covering language, linguistics and culture of the world around us. Issue 16  July / August 2015: Letter From The Editor - Studying in Summer | Polyglot Events All Around The World - You Are Not Alone | Playing Games with Language | Spanish E-training – The 'Big Bang' Investment | Can a Language Die? | At the Cinema - La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos | Languages in Peril - Scottish Gaelic | Words in Your Mouth - Apple | Celebrations - Nag Panchami | Where Are You? | Book Look - Fluency Made Achievable: The Fluent Guide to Core Language Skills | At A Glance

The question 'who are we?' continues to perplex many Scots today. The 100 short essays in this book help to expand the debate and provide at least some of the answers. They offer an opportunity to penetrate behind the statistical surveys and explore the rich complexity of changing identity from a varied range of opinion.The collection includes the views of people at the centre of things as well as those at the margins of society, the famous as well as the not so well known, the authoritative and mainstream as well as the idiosyncratic.