| The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 Contributor(s): Meyer, Duane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807841994 ISBN-13: 9780807841990 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 325.241 |
| LCCN: 61066281 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.13" W x 8.45" (0.62 lbs) 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Irish - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary Quarterly Using a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III. |