Scotland and America, c. 1600-c.1800
By: Alexander Murdoch
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780230516571; 9780230516496
Description: "A fascinating survey of the key centuries of economic, migratory and cultural exchange between Scotland and North America, including Canada and the Caribbean. Murdoch explores Scottish interactions with North America in a desire to open up new perspectives on the subject"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Scotland and America in the seventeenth century; title: Emigration in the eighteenth century; title: Sugar and tobacco : 'let Glasgow flourish'; title: Slavery and Scotland; title: Scotland and native peoples in the Americas; title: The siritual connection Epilogue : 'the Scottish invention of the USA'; title: Notes; title: Index.