The people's clearance : Highland emigration to British North America, 1770-1815

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  • Author: Bumsted, J. M.
    Summary:

    This is a revisionist account of Highland Scottish emigration to what is now Canada, in the formative half century before Waterloo.

    Contents:
    • COVER
    • Contents
    • Introduction
    • Chapter One: The Dance called America, 1763â€?75
    • Chapter Two: The Changing Highlands, 1750â€?1800
    • Chapter Three: Highland Emigration to British North America, 1770â€?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, 1803â€?04
    • Chapter Eight: Emigration Continues, 1804â€?15
    • Epilogue
    • Appendix A
    • Appendix B
    • Select Bibliography
    • Index
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History
    Original Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland , Edinburgh University Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    0852244193

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    9780852244197

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    0887551270

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    9780887551277

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    9780887553820

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    0887553826

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    9780887550652

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Abstract

This is a revisionist account of Highland Scottish emigration to what is now Canada, in the formative half century before Waterloo.

Genre
Canadian nonfiction
History
Publisher (Source)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh University Press

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