The essays in this collection examine religion, politics and commerce in Scotland during a time of crisis and turmoil. Contributors look at the effect of the Union on Scottish trade and commerce, the Scottish role in tobacco and sugar plantations, Robert Burns’s early poetry on his planned emigration to Jamaica and Scottish anti-abolitionists.
| ISBN: | 9781848934665 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2014 |
| Author: | Douglas J Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 294 pages |
| Series: | Political and Popular Culture in the Early Modern Period |
| Genres: |
European history |