The people's clearance : Highland emigration to British North America, 1770-1815 / J. M. Bumsted.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bumsted, J. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Canada--History--18th century.

Scots.

Scots--Canada--History--19th century.

Land use, Rural--Scotland--Highlands--History--18th century.

Land use, Rural.

Highlands (Scotland)--Social conditions.

Highlands (Scotland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, [Scotland] ; Winnipeg, Manitoba : Edinburgh University Press : University of Manitoba Press, 1982.

Summary:

This is a revisionist account of Highland Scottish emigration to what is now Canada, in the formative half century before Waterloo.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

The Dance called America 1763-75

The Changing Highlands 1750-1800

Highland Emigration to British North America 1770-1800

The Emigration Mania Resumed 1801

Recruiting and Reaction 1802

The Government Intervenes 1803

The Canadian Regiment 1803-4

Emigration Continues 1804-15

Epilogue

Appendix A. Table I

Appendix B. Passenger List I

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613091284

9781283091282

1283091283

9780887553820

0887553826

OCLC:

226375092