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The Fatal Land
War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America
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Matthew P. Dziennik
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English
Published/Copyright:
2015
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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 noble savage, a primitive if courageous relic of clanship, revealing instead how the Gaels used their military service to further their own interests and, in doing so, transformed the most maligned region of the British Isles into an important center of the British Empire.
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Born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, Matthew P. Dziennik is currently a fellow at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. A Perfect Purgatory: Recruitment in the Scottish Highlands
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2. Spirited Martialists: The Highlander as Military Laborer
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3. The Same as Other Civilized People: Colonial Points of Contact
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4. The Blessing of Peace: Demobilization
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5. Land and Interest in the Gaelic Atlantic World
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6. The Soldier and Highland Culture
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Conclusion
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Appendix: The Highland Regiments, 1739–1784
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Notes
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Index
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June 30, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9780300213508
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