Devine, who is director of research at the AHRB Center for Irish and Scottish studies at the University of Aberdeen, demonstrates that Scots were involved in th

[This book] tells the ... story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the Briutish Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean. By 1820

Ever since they first set foot in the new world alongside the Viking explorers, the Scots have left their mark. In this entertaining and informative book, histo

While the literature relating to Scottish contact with America has grown significantly in recent years, the influence of America on Scotland and its early moder

The concept of the border evoked by the title of the present volume provides a central interpretative key for our project at more than one level, as it is sugge