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The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America
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Title
The fatal land : war, empire, and the highland soldier in British America / Matthew P. Dziennik.
ISBN
9780300196726 (alk. paper)
0300196725 (alk. paper)
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
xv, 297 pages ; ǂc 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 28, 2015
Series
The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A perfect purgatory: recruitment in the Scottish highlands
Spirited martialists: the highlander as military laborer
The same as other civilized people: colonial points of contact
The blessing of peace: demobilization
Land and interest in the Gaelic Atlantic world
The soldier and highland culture.
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