Cargoes of despair and hope : Scottish emigration to North America 1603-1803
Adams, Ian H. (Ian Hugh), 1937-1993
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Adams and Somerville provide a thorough account of emigration from Scotland during the 17th and 18th centuries. Their chronicle fits into the saga that dates "From the beginning of human history," in which "men, women and children, driven by hunger, oppression or pressure of population, have been forced from their homes to seek new lands from which to wrest a living." Focusing primarily on economic conditions, the authors characterize emigration from Scotland "as the last desperate remedy taken by sufferers of an incurable disease
Main title:
Cargoes of despair and hope : Scottish emigration to North America 1603-1803 / Ian Adams and Meredyth Somerville.
Author:
Adams, Ian H. (Ian Hugh), 1937-, authorSomerville, Meredyth, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : John Donald, c1993.
Collation:
258 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
08597636769780859763677
Dewey class:
304.870411325.24110973325.241941.08325.411941.106325.2411325.20941324.2941973
Local class:
325.2411A394 (ADA)SH1/01AQ8 304.87LH64 SOM
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
EmigrationNorth AmericaScotlandUnited States of AmericaUSACanadaAgricultural revolutionAge of improvementEMIGRANTSSCOTLANDNORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
BRN:
326597