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WhentheUniversityofChicagowasfoundedin1892itestablishedtherstsociologydepartmentintheUnitedStates.Thedepartmentgrewrapidlyinreputationandinuenceandbythe1920sgraduatesofitsprogramwereheadingnewlyformedsociologyprogramsacrossthecountryanddetermin-ingthedirectionofthedisciplineanditsfutureresearch.Theirwayofthink-ingaboutsocialrelationsrevolutionizedthesocialsciencesbyemphasizinganempiricalapproachtoresearchinsteadofthemorephilosophicalarm-chairperspectivethatpreviouslyprevailedinAmericansociology.TheChicagoSchoolDiasporapresentsworkbyCanadianandinterna-tionalscholarswhoidentifywithwhattheyunderstandastheChicagoSchooltradition.Broadlyspeakingmanyofthescholarsafliatedwithso-ciologyatChicagounderstoodhumanbehaviourtobedeterminedbysocialstructuresandenvironmentalfactorsratherthanpersonalandbiologicalcharacteristics.Contributorshighlightkeythinkersandepistemologicalis-suesassociatedwiththeChicagoSchoolaswellascontemporaryempiricalresearch.OfferinginnovativeoriginaltheoreticalexplanationsforthediversityandbreadthofitsscholarlytraditionsTheChicagoSchoolDiasporaoffersafreshapproachtotheideastopicsandapproachesassociatedwiththeoriginsofNorthAmericansociology.Forafulllistofcontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.JacquelineLowisaprofessorintheDepartmentofSociologyattheUniversityofNewBrunswick.GaryBowdenisanassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofSociologyattheUniversityofNewBrunswick.HistorianshavesuggestedthatScottishinuencesaremorepervasiveinNewZealandthaninanyothercountryoutsideScotlandyetcuriouslyNewZealandsScotsmigrantshavepreviouslyattractedonlylimitedattention.AthoroughandinterdisciplinaryworkUnpackingtheKistsistherstin-depthstudyofNewZealandsScotsmigrantsandtheirimpactonanevolvingsettlersociety.TheauthorsestablishthedimensionsofScottishmigrationtoNewZealandtheprincipalsourceareasthemigrantsdemographiccharacteris-ticsandwheretheysettledinthenewland.Drawingfromextendedcase-studiestheyexaminehowmigrantsadaptedtotheirnewenvironmentandtheextentoflongevityindiverseareasincludingtheeconomyreligionpoli-ticseducationandfolkways.Theyalsolookattheprivateworldsoffamilyneighbourhoodcommunitycustomsofeverydaylifeandleisurepursuitsandexpressionsofbothhighandlowformsoftransplantedculture.Addingtointernationalscholarshiponmigrationsandculturaladapta-tionsUnpackingtheKistsdemonstratesthehistoriccontributionsScotsmadetoNewZealandculturebyretainingtheirethnicconnectionsandatthesametimeinteractingwithotherethnicgroups.BradPattersonwasformerlydirectoroftheIrish-ScottishstudiesprogramattheVictoriaUniversityofWellington.TomBrookingisprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofOtago.JimMcAloonisassociateprofessorofhistoryattheVictoriaUniversityofWellington.37MQUPFALL2013SOCIOLOGYHISTORYSPECIFICATIONSDecember2013978-0-7735-4266-239.95ACDN39.95AUS27.99paper978-0-7735-4265-5100.00SCDN100.00SUS77.00cloth6x9360ppElectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-QueensStudiesinEthnicHistoryNovember2013978-0-7735-4190-0100.00SCDN100.00SUS77.00cloth6x9472pp6maps24tables7diagramsElectroniceditionavailableWorldrightsexceptNewZealandTheChicagoSchoolDiasporaEpistemologyandSubstanceeditedbyjacquelinelowandgarybowdenAcollectionofinnovativeessaysfromleadingscholarsintheChicagoSchooltraditionofsociology.UnpackingtheKistsTheScotsinNewZealandbradpattersontombrookingjimmcaloonAnanalysisofthescaleandimpactofScottishmigrationtoBritainsmostdistantnineteenth-centurycolony.