To the Ends of the Earth Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010

Name: To the Ends of the Earth Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010
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ISBN: 9781588343178

ISBN-10: 1588343170

ISBN-13: 9781588343178

Edition: 2011

Authors: T. M. Devine

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The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women, and children have sought their fortunes in every conceivable walk of life and in every imaginable climate. All over the British Empire, the United States, and elsewhere, the Scottish contribution to the development of the modern world has been a formidable one, from finance to industry, philosophy to politics. To the Ends of the Earth puts this extraordinary epic center stage, taking many famous stories--from the Highland Clearances and emigration to the Scottish Enlightenment and empire--and removing layers of myth and sentiment to reveal the no-less-startling truth. Whether in the…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication date: 10/25/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface



Imperial Scots 1750-1815



Did Slavery Help to Make Scotland Great?



Industrial and Financial Sinews of Scottish Global Power 1815-1914



The Great Migration



Human Selection and Enforced Exile



In the Land of the Free: Scots and Irish in the USA



The Emigrant Experience in the New Lands



Settlers, Traders and Native Peoples



The Missionary Dynamic



Soldiers of Empire



Funding the New Lands



Eclipse of Empires



Diaspora 1945-2010


Afterword


Notes


Bibliography of Secondary Texts


Index