Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world 1750-1820

著者

• Hamilton, Douglas J.

書誌事項

Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world 1750-1820

Douglas J. Hamilton

（Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie）

Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005

• : hbk
• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-243) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780719071829

内容説明

This is the first book wholly devoted to assessing the array of links between Scotland and the Caribbean in the later eighteenth century. It uses a wide range of archival sources to paint a detailed picture of the lives of thousands of Scots who sought fortunes and opportunities, as Burns wrote, 'across th' Atlantic roar'. It outlines the range of their occupations as planters, merchants, slave owners, doctors, overseers, and politicians, and shows how Caribbean connections affected Scottish society during the period of 'improvement'. The book highlights the Scots' reinvention of the system of clanship to structure their social relations in the empire and finds that involvement in the Caribbean also bound Scots and English together in a shared Atlantic imperial enterprise and played a key role in the emergence of the British nation and the Atlantic World. This book, therefore, will be of interest to scholars and students of Scottish, British, Caribbean, imperial and Atlantic history. -- .

目次

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Scotland in the eighteenth century 2. The eighteenth-century West Indies 3. Scots on the plantations 4. Mercantile connections 5. Scots doctors in the West Indies 6. Scots in West Indian politics 7. Scots, the Caribbean and British politics 8. Repatriation from the West Indies Conclusion Bibliography -- .

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780719071836

内容説明

This is the first book wholly devoted to assessing the array of links between Scotland and the Caribbean in the later eighteenth century. It uses a wide range of archival sources to paint a detailed picture of the lives of thousands of Scots who sought fortunes and opportunities, as Burns wrote, 'across th' Atlantic roar'. It outlines the range of their occupations as planters, merchants, slave owners, doctors, overseers, and politicians, and shows how Caribbean connections affected Scottish society during the period of 'improvement'. The book highlights the Scots' reinvention of the system of clanship to structure their social relations in the empire and finds that involvement in the Caribbean also bound Scots and English together in a shared Atlantic imperial enterprise and played a key role in the emergence of the British nation and the Atlantic World. -- .

目次

Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Scotland in the eighteenth century 2. The eighteenth-century West Indies 3. Scots on the plantations 4. Mercantile connections 5. Scots doctors in the West Indies 6. Scots in West Indian politics 7. Scots, the Caribbean and British politics 8. Repatriation from the West Indies Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA72981283
• ISBN:
  • 0719071828
  • 9780719071836
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Manchester,New York, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 249 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA04290573