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This volume examines Scotland's experience of and reaction to European expansion between c. 1600-1800. Although Scotland lacked an independent empire in the seventeenth century, it gained unfettered access to the global empire of England after 1707. The volume argues that, beneath this seemingly stark discontinuity, there lay considerable continuity. Using a series of case studies on Scottish governors serving in the empires of Denmark-Norway, Weden, and their eighteenth century Russian and British equivalents, it highlights the previously underestimated chronological and geographic extent of Scotland's engagement in European expansion. It concludes that a blend of informal networks of kinship and local association complemented the official status of Scottish governors and produced a relatively distinctive and effective strategy for participating in imperialism.
Price: $165.00
Pages: 262
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: History of Warfare
Publication Date:
13 May 2003
ISBN: 9789004129702
Format: Hardcover
"...valuable collection...a radical conception of what union actually meant for Scottish participation in the empire."
Gordon DesBrisay, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2005.
"All too many collections of essays are disjointed and of variable quality. It is therefore a particular pleasure to note that this volume offers high-quality work organized around the coherent theme outlined in the title. The editors between them have already made a major contribution to early-modern Scottish history and this collection should be seen as building on their works."
Jeremy Black, H-Net Reviews, 2004.
Gordon DesBrisay, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2005.
"All too many collections of essays are disjointed and of variable quality. It is therefore a particular pleasure to note that this volume offers high-quality work organized around the coherent theme outlined in the title. The editors between them have already made a major contribution to early-modern Scottish history and this collection should be seen as building on their works."
Jeremy Black, H-Net Reviews, 2004.
Andrew Mackillop, Ph.D. (1969) in Scottish History, University of Glasgow, is a Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen. He recently published the monograph More Fruitful than the Soil: Army, Empire and the Scottish Highlands, 1715-1815 (East Linton, 2000) and is co-editor of the volume Fighting for Identity: Scottish Military Experience, c. 1550-1900 (Brill, 2002).
Steve Murdoch, Ph.D. (1998) in British Scandinavian History, University of Aberdeen, lectures in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He recently published the monography Britain, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart 1603-1660: A Diplomatic and Military Analysis (East Linton, 2000) and edited Scotland and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001). He is also co-editor of the volume Fighting for Identity: Scottish Military Experience, c. 1550-1900 (Brill, 2002).
Steve Murdoch, Ph.D. (1998) in British Scandinavian History, University of Aberdeen, lectures in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. He recently published the monography Britain, Denmark-Norway and the House of Stuart 1603-1660: A Diplomatic and Military Analysis (East Linton, 2000) and edited Scotland and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 (Brill, 2001). He is also co-editor of the volume Fighting for Identity: Scottish Military Experience, c. 1550-1900 (Brill, 2002).