ISBN:
9781847793034
,
1847793037
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (267 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in Imperialism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hamilton, Douglas Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750?1820
DDC:
305.891630729
Keywords:
Scots History
;
18th century
;
Caribbean Area
;
Scots History
;
19th century
;
Caribbean Area
;
Scots History 18th century
;
Scots History 19th century
;
Scots History
;
Caribbean Area
;
Caribbean Area
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Scots
;
History
;
Caribbean Area
;
Electronic books History
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
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