04490nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-45422-6 DE-He213 20251030111456.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240229s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031454226 978-3-031-45422-6 10.1007/978-3-031-45422-6 doi DA1-995 HBJD1 bicssc HIS015000 bisacsh NHD 1DD thema McBride, Terence. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 72248 The Scottish State and European Migrants, 1885–1939 [electronic resource] : Managing Foreignness / by Terence McBride. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 207 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Palgrave Studies in Migration History, 2946-4366 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Scottishness and Foreignness: The Developing Structures, Powers and Capacity of the Scottish ‘Machinery of Government’ before 1939 -- Chapter 3: The ‘Alien’ Concept: The ‘Scottish’ State and Foreignness, 1885-1914 -- Chapter 4: The ‘Alien’ Concept: Foreignness and Scottish State Institutions, 1914-39 -- Chapter 5: Scotland’s Foreigners: Making Identities in Scotland -- Chapter 6: Conclusion. This book examines the efforts of the government in Scotland to manage the increase of migrants travelling to Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. Focussing on the period between 1885 and 1939, the book explores how the Scottish machinery of government handled the administration of ‘foreigners.’ The author uses a comparative, thematic approach to analyse migrant experiences, identities, and relationships with state institutions. Drawing from state records held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh, the book argues that Scottish officials in semi-autonomous boards began to recognise, describe and enumerate the presence of the ‘foreigner’ in the early twentieth century, framing their handling of foreignness in accordance with the Aliens Act of 1905. The author goes on to explain that institutions operating in Scotland developed a distinctly Scottish approach to alien matters, which continued up until the Second Word War. Therefore, an increasing number of important decisions affecting migrants were taken by a distinctly Scottish machinery of government, impacting on how Scottish officials understood foreignness, and how those identified as foreigners understood their identity in relation to Scottishness. Contributing significantly to current heated debates on migration and identity amongst researchers and the general public in Europe and beyond, this book provides essential insights into the ways in which a ‘sub-state’ began to develop practices, processes and attitudes towards migration which were not always in line with that of the central government. Terence McBride is an Honorary Associate in History at the Open University in Scotland. He has published widely on the migrant experience in Scotland, including articles in Immigrants and Minorities and Historical Research. Great Britain History. 66701 Social history. Emigration and immigration Social aspects. Race. 67750 Europe History. 70908 World politics. 58105 History of Britain and Ireland. 66703 Social History. Sociology of Migration. Race and Ethnicity Studies. 67752 European History. 57767 Political History. 67817 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031454219 Printed edition: 9783031454233 Printed edition: 9783031454240 Palgrave Studies in Migration History, 2946-4366 72249 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45422-6 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 58043 58043