The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America /

More than 12,000 soldiers from the Highlands of Scotland were recruited to serve in Great Britain's colonies in the Americas in the middle to the late decades of the eighteenth century. In this compelling history, Matthew P. Dziennik corrects the mythologized image of the Highland soldier as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dziennik, Matthew P., 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
Colección:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army > Scottish regiments > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne. > Army > Régiments écossais > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Great Britain. > Army.
1700-1799
Soldiers > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Soldiers > North America > History > 18th century.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces > Scottish regiments
Military participation > Scottish.
Soldiers.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Participation, Scottish.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, Scottish.
Great Britain > History, Military > 18th century.
Scotland > History, Military > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire militaire > 18e siècle.
Écosse > Histoire militaire > 18e siècle.
Great Britain.
North America.
Scotland.
United States.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A perfect purgatory: recruitment in the Scottish highlands
  • Spirited martialists: the highlander as military laborer
  • The same as other civilized people: colonial points of contact
  • The blessing of peace: demobilization
  • Land and interest in the Gaelic Atlantic world
  • The soldier and highland culture.

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