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To the ends of the earth, Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010, T.M. Devine

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To the ends of the earth, Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010, T.M. Devine

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To the ends of the earth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

701017695

Responsibility statement

T.M. Devine

Sub title

Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010

Summary

The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. For centuries, untold numbers of men, women, and children have sought their fortunes in every conceivable walk of life and in every imaginable climate. All over the British Empire, the United States, and elsewhere, the Scottish contribution to the development of the modern world has been a formidable one, from finance to industry, philosophy to politics

Table Of Contents

Imperial Scots 1750-1815 -- Did slavery help to make Scotland great? -- Industrial and financial sinews of Scottish global power 1815-1914 -- The great migration -- Human selection and enforced exile -- In the land of the free: Scots and Irish in the USA -- Emigrant experience in the new lands -- Settlers, traders and native peoples -- The missionary dynamic -- Soldiers of empire -- Funding the new lands -- Eclipse of empires -- Diaspora 1945-2010

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Scotland's global diaspora, 1750-2010

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