Examines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, and demonstratesthat an understanding of the relationship between Scotland and the British Empire is vital both for the understanding of the histories of that country and of many territories of the Empire. The extraordinary influence of Scots in theBritish Empire has long been recognised. As administrators, settlers, temporary residents, professionals, plantation owners, and as military personnel, they were strikingly prominent in North America, the Caribbean, Australasia, South Africa, India, and colonies in South-East Asia and Africa. Throughout these regions they brought to bear distinctive Scottish experience as well as particular educational, economic, cultural, and religiousinfluences. Moreover, the relationship between Scots and the British Empire had a profound effect upon many aspects of Scottish society.This volume of essays, written by notable scholars in the field, examines thekey roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, in East India Company rule in India, migration and the preservation of ethnic identities, the environment, the army, missionary and other religious activities, the dispersal of intellectual endeavours, and in the production of a distinctive literature rooted in colonial experience. Making use ofrecent, innovative research, the chapters demonstrate that an understanding of the profoundly inter-active relationship between Scotland and the British Empire is vital both for the understanding of the histories of that country and of many territories of the British Empire.All scholars and general readers interested in the dispersal of intellectual ideas, key professions, Protestantism, environmental practices, and colonial literature, as well as more traditional approaches to politics, economics, and military recruitment, will find it an essential addition to the historical literature. INDICE: Introduction Scots in the Atlantic Economy, 1600-1800 Locality, Nation, and Empire: Scots in Asia, c. 1695 - c. 1813 Empire of Intellect: the Scottish Enlightenment and Intellectual Migrants Scottish Migrant Ethnic Identities in the British Empire since the nineteenth century Scots and the Environment of Empire Soldiers of Empire, 1750-1914 Scots Churches and Missions Scots in the Imperial Economy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries Scottish Literature and the British Empire National Identity, Union, and Empire, c. 1850 - c. 1970
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957324-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés