The people of Glengarry : Highlanders in transition, 1745-1820 / Marianne McLean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLean, Marianne.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; 9.

McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 0846-8869 ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Ontario--Glengarry--History.

Immigrants.

Scots--Ontario--Glengarry--History.

Scots.

Glengarry (Ont.)--Emigration and immigration--History.

Glengarry (Ont.).

Highlands (Scotland)--Emigration and immigration--History.

Highlands (Scotland).

Highlands (Scotland)--History.

Physical Description:

xii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a wide array of published and unpublished sources, McLean examines in detail nine group emigrations that left western Inverness between 1785 and 1802 for Glengarry County in Upper Canada (now Ontario). She describes how, once in North America, they built a new Highland community in an attempt to ensure each family's access to the land. By revealing the pattern of Highland emigration to Glengarry County - families and friends leaving and/or settling together - McLean confirms Bernard Bailyn's notion of a "provincial emigrant stream," and offers a convincing explanation for the development of one of Canada's "limited identities."

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Maps

Preface

Illustrations

Introduction

Western Inverness-shire after 1745

Barisdale

Lochiel

Western Inverness-shire, 1770–1800

The Loyalist Emigrants

The 1785–1793 Emigrants

The Peace of Amiens Emigrants

The Post-1815 Emigrants

Settlement, 1784–1797

Settlement, 1797–1816

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85186-1

9786612851865

0-7735-6274-5

OCLC:

1394872510