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The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dziennik, Matthew P., 1984-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Series:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Subjects:
Great Britain. > Army > Scottish regiments > History > 18th century.
Soldiers > Scotland > History > 18th century.
United States > History > French and Indian War, 1754-1763 > Participation, Scottish.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, Scottish.
Great Britain > History, Military > 18th century.
Scotland > History, Military > 18th century.
Soldiers > North America > History > 18th century.
Table of Contents:
  • A perfect purgatory: recruitment in the Scottish highlands
  • Spirited martialists: the highlander as military laborer
  • The same as other civilized people: colonial points of contact
  • The blessing of peace: demobilization
  • Land and interest in the Gaelic Atlantic world
  • The soldier and highland culture.