Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820 : Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820.

By: Hamilton, DouglasMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Imperialism MUP SerPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781847793034Subject(s): Scots -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century | Scots -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820 : Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic World, 1750-1820DDC classification: 305.891630729 LOC classification: F2191.S36 -- H36 2005ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
9780719071829 -- 9780719071829 -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON CURRENCY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the eighteenth century -- CHAPTER TWO The eighteenth-century West Indies -- CHAPTER THREE Scots on the plantations -- CHAPTER FOUR Mercantile connections -- CHAPTER FIVE Scots doctors in the West Indies -- CHAPTER SIX Scots in West Indian politics -- CHAPTER SEVEN Scots, the Caribbean and British imperial politics -- CHAPTER EIGHT Repatriation from the West Indies -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: 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.
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9780719071829 -- 9780719071829 -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON CURRENCY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the eighteenth century -- CHAPTER TWO The eighteenth-century West Indies -- CHAPTER THREE Scots on the plantations -- CHAPTER FOUR Mercantile connections -- CHAPTER FIVE Scots doctors in the West Indies -- CHAPTER SIX Scots in West Indian politics -- CHAPTER SEVEN Scots, the Caribbean and British imperial politics -- CHAPTER EIGHT Repatriation from the West Indies -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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