Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765
Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765

Author: Ned C. Landsman

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1400854989

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Against the background of a distinctive Lowland society transformed by commercializing and Anglicizing influences in the years after Scotland's union with England, the author traces the establishment of the East Jersey colony in 1683 and its spread westward to incorporate the whole of the New York to Philadelphia corridor. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785
Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785

Author: David Dobson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2011-03-15

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0820340782

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Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative estimate of the total number of Scots who settled in North America prior to 1785 is around 150,000. Who were these Scots? What did they do? Where did they settle? What factors motivated their emigration? Dobson's work, based on original research on both sides of the Atlantic, comprehensively identifies the Scottish contribution to the settlement of North America prior to 1785, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth century.

Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750–1820
Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750–1820

Author: Douglas Hamilton

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2013-07-19

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1847796338

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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 clanship to structure their social relations in the empire and finds that involvement in the Caribbean also bound Scots and English together in a shared Atlantic imperial enterprise and played a key role in the emergence of the British nation and the Atlantic World.

American Studies
American Studies

Author: Jack Salzman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-05-25

Total Pages: 1124

ISBN-13: 9780521365598

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This volume supplements the acclaimed three volume set published in 1986 and consists of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1984 and 1988. There are more than 6,000 descriptive entries in a wide range of categories: anthropology and folklore, art and architecture, history, literature, music, political science, popular culture, psychology, religion, science and technology, and sociology.

An Imperial State at War
An Imperial State at War

Author: Lawrence Stone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1134545959

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The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire.

Nation and Province in the First British Empire
Nation and Province in the First British Empire

Author: Eighteenth-Century Scottish Studies Society

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780838754887

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For more than four decades, historians have devoted ever-increasing attention to the affinites that linked Scotland with the American colonies in the eighteenth century. This volume moves beyond earlier discussions in two ways. For one, the geographical coverage of the papers extends beyond the territories that became the United States to include what became Canada, The Carribean and even Africa. For another, the volume attends not only those areas in which Scotland was closely linked to the Americas, but also to those where it was not.

Presbyterians and American Culture
Presbyterians and American Culture

Author: Bradley J. Longfield

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 066423156X

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This book provides a history of Presbyterians in American culture from the early eighteenth to the late twentieth century. Longfield assesses both the theological and cultural development of American Presbyterianism, with particular focus on the mainline tradition that is expressed most prominently in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He explores how Presbyterian churches--and individuals rooted in those churches--influenced and were influenced by the values, attitudes, perspectives, beliefs, and ideals assumed by Americans in the course of American history. The book will serve as an important introduction to Presbyterian history that will interest historians, students, and church leaders alike.

A Documentary History of Religion in America to 1877
A Documentary History of Religion in America to 1877

Author: Edwin S. Gaustad

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2003-09-19

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13: 9780802822291

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A richly variegated selection of short documents illustrative of the history of religion in America. The best source-book available to contemporary students and general readers.

The Worlds of William Penn
The Worlds of William Penn

Author: Andrew R. Murphy

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1978801777

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"Edited collection taking a wide-ranging look at William Penn's life and legacy, spanning everything from art history to literature, to history, to political theory, to American studies, to British studies."--Provided by publisher.

The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights
The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights

Author: Alexander Leslie Klieforth

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780761827917

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The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights is a history of liberty from 1300 BC to 2004 AD. The book traces the history of the philosophy and fight for freedom from the ancient Celts to the medieval Scots to the Scottish Enlightenment to the creation of America. The work contends that the roots of liberty originated in the radical political thought of the ancient Celts, the Scots' struggle for freedom, John Duns Scotus and the Scottish declaration of independence (Arbroath, 1320) that were the primary basis of the American Declaration of Independence and the modern human rights movement.