This is the first full-length book to deal with Scottish emigration to South Africa and the resulting conflicts and relationships with African peoples. It deals with the full range of activities of Scots in exploration, scientific endeavour, military campaigns, Christian mission…
This book is the first full-length study of the important role of the Scots in the patterns of White settlement in South Africa, where they were very active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions,…
This book is the first full-length study of the important role of the Scots in the patterns of White settlement in South Africa, where they were very active in such areas as exploration, botanical and scientific endeavour, military campaigns, the emergence of Christian missions,…
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This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire 20th century.
This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire twentieth century. As the century dawned, the Scottish economy was still strongly connected with imperial infrastructures (like railways, engi…
"This book seeks to map the cultural contours and detours of identity by focusing on the representation of certain Scots as individuals and Scotland as a nation within Britain's global empire, from the middle decades of the eighteenth century to the early 1830s. Its conceptual s…
Catholics, Colonies, and the Imperial State -- Imperial Security and Catholic Relief -- Colonial Catholics and Constitutional Change: Developments in Cape Breton Island and Nova Scotia -- Engaging with Imperial Traditions: Military Mobilization and Slavery -- Enabling Ambition t…
"Drawing upon the experiences of Scottish and Irish Catholics in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, and Trinidad, Empire and Emancipation sheds important new light on the complex relationship between Catholicism and the British Empire."--
"Drawing upon the experiences of Scottish and Irish Catholics in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Newfoundland, and Trinidad, Empire and Emancipation sheds important new light on the complex relationship between Catholicism and the British Empire."--
