Lost in the backwoods : Scots and the North American wilderness /

How the American wilderness shaped Scottish experience, imagination and identity How is the Scottish imagination shaped by its Ã♭migrÃ♭ experience with wilderness and the extreme? Drawing on journals, emigrant guides, memoirs, letters, poetry and fiction, this book examines patterns of survival, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Calder, Jenni
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Scots > North America > History.
Immigrants > North America > History.
Écossais > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Immigrants
Emigration and immigration
Scots
Scotland > Emigration and immigration > History.
North America > Emigration and immigration > History.
Écosse > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
Amérique du Nord > Émigration et immigration > Histoire.
North America
Scotland
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Scotland's hard country
  • The never-ending forest
  • Desperate undertakings
  • Glorious independence
  • Future prospects and present sacrifice
  • Treasures of the forest, the field and the mine
  • Regions of adventure
  • The hope of the world?

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