Military governors and imperial frontiers c. 1600-1800 : a study of Scotland and empires / edited by A. Mackillop and Steve Murdoch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mackillop, Andrew, 1969-

Murdoch, Steve.

Series:

History of warfare 1385-7827 ; v. 17.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History, Military.

Scotland.

History, Military.

Scotland--History--17th century.

History.

Scotland--History--18th century.

Scotland--Politics and government--17th century.

Politics and government.

Scotland--Politics and government--18th century.

Physical Description:

li, 245 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Contents:

1. Scotsmen on the Danish-Norwegian Frontiers c. 1580-1680 / Steve Murdoch 1

2. At the Edge of Civilisation: John Cunningham, Lensmann of Finnmark, 1619-51 / Rune Hagen 29

3. A Century of Scottish Governorship in the Swedish Empire, 1574-1700 / Alexia Grosjean 53

4. An Irish Governor of Scotland: Lord Broghill, 1655-1656 / Patrick Little 79

5. Field-Marshal James Keith: Governor of the Ukraine and Finland, 1740-1743 / Atina L.K. Nihtinen 99

6. Gabriel Johnston and the Portability of Patronage in the Eighteenth-Century North Atlantic World / Tim Hanson 119

7. James Glen and the Indians / Alex Murdoch 141

8. Governor Robert Dinwiddie and the Virginia Frontier, 1751-57 / Robert Cain 161

9. Robert Melville and the Frontiers of Empire in the British West Indies, 1763-1771 / Douglas Hamilton 181

10. Fashioning a 'British' Empire: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneil and Madras, 1785-9 / Andrew Mackillop 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004129707

OCLC:

51460624