The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America /
Dziennik, Matthew P., 1984-
The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America / Matthew P. Dziennik. - 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : illustrations - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780300213508 (electronic bk.) 0300213506 (electronic bk.)
D8C18373-A010-4F0B-987A-C628011845A1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Great Britain. Army --Scottish regiments--History--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne. Army --Régiments écossais--Histoire--18e siècle.
Great Britain. Army.
1700-1799
Soldiers--History--Scotland--18th century.
Soldiers--History--North America--18th century.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
Military participation--Scottish.
Soldiers.
United States--History--Participation, Scottish.--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
United States--History--Participation, Scottish.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.
Scotland--History, Military--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Écosse--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Great Britain.
North America.
Scotland.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
UA664 / .D98 2015eb
355.0089/9163073
The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America / Matthew P. Dziennik. - 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : illustrations - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780300213508 (electronic bk.) 0300213506 (electronic bk.)
D8C18373-A010-4F0B-987A-C628011845A1 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Great Britain. Army --Scottish regiments--History--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne. Army --Régiments écossais--Histoire--18e siècle.
Great Britain. Army.
1700-1799
Soldiers--History--Scotland--18th century.
Soldiers--History--North America--18th century.
HISTORY--Military--Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Military Science.
Military participation--Scottish.
Soldiers.
United States--History--Participation, Scottish.--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
United States--History--Participation, Scottish.--Revolution, 1775-1783
Great Britain--History, Military--18th century.
Scotland--History, Military--18th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Écosse--Histoire militaire--18e siècle.
Great Britain.
North America.
Scotland.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
UA664 / .D98 2015eb
355.0089/9163073