TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hamilton,Douglas
TI  - Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750-1820 /Douglas Hamilton
T2  - Studies in Imperialism
SN  - 9781847793034
AV  - F2191 .S368 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Scots
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 9780719071829; 9780719071829; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON CURRENCY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the eighteenth century; CHAPTER TWO The eighteenth-century West Indies; CHAPTER THREE Scots on the plantations; CHAPTER FOUR Mercantile connections; CHAPTER FIVE Scots doctors in the West Indies; CHAPTER SIX Scots in West Indian politics; CHAPTER SEVEN Scots, the Caribbean and British imperial politics; CHAPTER EIGHT Repatriation from the West Indies; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; 2; b
N2  - 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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