Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750-1820 /Douglas Hamilton.

By:

Hamilton, Douglas [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847793034
9781781702321
9780719071829

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

F2191 .S368 2005

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Subject: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	F2191.34 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847239

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.

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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