THE PEOPLE'S CLEARANCE: Highland Emigration to British North America, 1770-1815
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cloth, gilt spine, xvii, 305 pages, maps, CONTENTS: "Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Dance called America, 1763-75""; ""Chapter Two: The Changing Highlands, 1750-1800""; ""Chapter Three: Highla...
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cloth, gilt spine, xvii, 305 pages, maps, CONTENTS: "Introduction""; ""Chapter One: The Dance called America, 1763-75""; ""Chapter Two: The Changing Highlands, 1750-1800""; ""Chapter Three: Highland Emigration to British North America, 1770-1800""; ""Chapter Four: The Emigration Mania Resumed, 1801""; ""Chapter Five: Recruiting and Reaction, 1802""; ""Chapter Six: The Government Intervenes, 1803""; ""Chapter Seven: The Canadian Regiment, 1803-04""; ""Chapter Eight: Emigration Continues, 1804-15""; ""Epilogue""; Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-295) , Appendix A , Known major ship sailings with Scots passengers to British North Amer.,1770-1815l; Appendix B; Passenger List 1, The Hector; App B List II, The Lovely Nelly, 1774; App.B List III, The Friendship; 1775; etc,etc. A revisionist account of the first phase of Highland Scottish emigration to Canada. With "improving landlords" threatening tradititonal social and cultural life in the Highlands, the author argues that many of the more affluent Highlanders emigrated of their own accord.
Product Info
ISBN: 0852244193
ISBN-13: 9780852244197
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press; University of Manitoba Press
Year: 1982
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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HarryEBagleyBooks
Address: P.O. Box 691 Fredericton, New Brunswick
Website: https://www.bagbooks.com
Country: Canada
