To the ends of the earth
Subtitle: Scotland's global diaspora 1750-2010
By: T.M. Devine
Publisher: Allen Lane; Penguin Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780713997446
Subjects: Scottish influences; Civilization; Scots; Modern Civilization; Economic conditions; Emigration and immigration; Colonies; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Imperial Scots 1750-1815; title: Did slavery help to make Scotland great?; title: Industrial and financial sinews of Scottish global power 1815-1914; title: The great migration; title: Human selection and enforced exile; title: In the land of the free: Scots and Irish in the USA; title: The emigrant experience in the new lands; title: Settlers, traders and native peoples; title: The missionary dynamic; title: Soldiers of empire; title: Funding the new lands; title: Eclipse of empires; title: Diaspora 1945-2010.