Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish Diaspora, 1750-1764 [electronic resource] /
Bankhurst, B.author.
Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Introduction: John Moore's crossing, 1760 -- Atlantic migration and North America in the Irish Presbyterian imagination -- The press, associational culture and popular imperialism in Ulster, 1750-1764 -- He never wants for suitable instruments: the Seven Years War as a war of religion -- Sorrowful spectators: Ulster Presbyterian opinion and American frontier atrocity -- An infant sister church, in great distress, amidst a great wilderness: American Presbyterian fundraising in Ireland, 1752-1763 -- Postscript: John Moore's return and reflections on America, 1763.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bankhurst examines how news regarding the violent struggle to control the borderlands of British North America between 1740 and 1760 resonated among communities in Ireland with familial links to the colonies. This work considers how intense Irish press coverage and American fundraising drives in Ireland produced empathy among Ulster Presbyterians.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
Great Britain-History.
Religion-History.
Civilization-History.
Philosophy.
US History.
Modern History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Religion.
Cultural History.
History of Philosophy.


Ulster Presbyterians and the Scots Irish diaspora, 1750-1764