Scotland’s Empire and the Shaping of the Americas, 1600-1815

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An epic account of the influential role the Scots played in settling the English colonies of the Americas.

Scotland’s influence used to be the most important for the around the globe success of Britain’s in a foreign country empire. As emigrants, soldiers, tobacco lords, merchants, and colonial administrators, Scots were involved in nearly each aspect of running and financing Britain’s colonies in The us, Australia, and India. T. M. Devine, Scotland’s leading historian, draws on a wealth of new material to supply a comprehensive examination of Scotland’s multifaceted role in colonization. He deftly portrays the important thing contributions by Scots to the development of the Americas, from political ideas to business. Within the first of a two-volume set, Scotland’s Empire combines detailed scholarship with a compelling narrative history, setting the Scots’ story against the upward push of the British Empire, the course of American history, and the changes in world history. 35 b/w illustrations.

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