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A dazzling account of Scotland's role in the world by Scotland's bestselling historian. The Scots had an enormous impact on the global development of the British Empire as emigrants, soldiers, merchants and colonial administrators. Scotland's Empire provides a comprehensive examination of their crucial role during the formative era of the long eighteenth century. The book ranges from the Americas to Australia and from the Caribbean islands to India. It explores in depth many key themes including the slave trade, the Scots on the colonial frontier, Highland soldiers, the saga of the Ulster Scots, the effect of the Scottish Enlightenment and the connection between empire and the economic revolution in Scotland itself.
book reviews
- Colin Kidd, Times Literary Supplement
"Nobody has done more over the past thirty years to bring Scottish historiography into rigorous and unsentimental alignment with developments elsewhere than Tom Devine." - Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald
"This is narrative history at its best." - Allan Massie, Literary Review
"A demanding topic and a bold one...a fascinating work, replete with telling detail." - Herald
"Captivating...tells the story of the Scots who put their marching boots on, or were forced into them, to start a new life abroad." - Publishers Weekly
"Devine's magisterial study places the history of Scotland in global perspective, emphasizing in thoroughly captivating prose the Scots contributions.
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