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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783475103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003
• ISBN: 1-280-46725-8; 9786610467259; 1-4237-1188-2; 90-474-0200-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Collana: History of warfare ; ; v. 17
• Altri autori (Persone): MackillopAndrew <1969->; MurdochSteve
• Disciplina: 941.106
• Soggetti: Scotland History 17th century; Scotland History 18th century; Scotland History, Military; Scotland Politics and government 17th century; Scotland Politics and government 18th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Scotsmen on the Danish-Norwegian Frontiers c. 1580-1680; 2. At the Edge of Civilisation: John Cunningham, Lensmann of Finnmark, 1619-51; 3. A Century of Scottish Governorship in the Swedish Empire, 1574-1700; 4. An Irish Governor of Scotland: Lord Broghill, 1655-1656; 5. Field-Marshal James Keith: Governor of the Ukraine and Finland, 1740-1743; 6. Gabriel Johnston and the Portability of Patronage in the Eighteenth-Century North Atlantic World; 7. James Glen and the Indians8. Governor Robert Dinwiddie and the Virginia Frontier, 1751-57; 9. Robert Melville and the Frontiers of Empire in the British West Indies, 1763-1771; 10. Fashioning a 'British' Empire: Sir Archibald Campbell of Inverneil and Madras, 1785-9; Index; Colour Plates; Maps
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines Scotland's experience of and reaction to European expansion between 1600-1800. Although Scotland lacked an independent empire in the 17th century, it gained access to the global empire of England after 1707. It covers the geographic extent of Scotland's engagement in European expansion.