The Scots in Early Georgia

[KFCarter]

I would recommend the following titles:

Lachlan McGillivray, Indian trader : the shaping of the southern colonial frontier by Edward Cashin. (Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1992)

Lachlan McIntosh and the politics of Revolutionary Georgia by Harvey Jackson. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2003)

For more general information about Native-American relations with the Scots, Colin Calloway has a delightful new book entitled White People, Indians, and Highlanders Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America:

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/genera...=9780195340129

I highly recommend it; It's one of my favourite books.

Fernec Szasz's Scots in the North American West 1790-1917 from University of Oklahoma also contains some more general discussion of the Scots relationship with Native Americans and their participation in the Fur Trade.

Matt Newsome has a nice article about Sir Alexander Cuming and the Cherokee on his web site:

http://www.albanach.org/cuming.html

Apologies for "assigning reading" (it's what history instructors do after all), but I had to get some sources in besides Wikipedia.

Great thread, btw!

Regards,

Todd

Thanks for the reading list!!

I've heard of the "Lachlan Macintosh..." title and the Cuming article on Matt Newsome's site, but not the others. Just tell me there isn't a written assignment involved....

[macwilkin]

Thanks for the reading list!!

I've heard of the "Lachlan Macintosh..." title and the Cuming article on Matt Newsome's site, but not the others. Just tell me there isn't a written assignment involved....

One more:

Anthony W. Parker, Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia: The Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997).

What would you prefer -- essays or short-answer identification? :mrgreen:

T.

[Coinneach]

Cajunscot, thanks for all the book recommendations. I was worried my box of "books yet to be read" was going to dwindle down to nothing. Not that it ever has before, but it could happen.

[KFCarter]

One more:

Anthony W. Parker, Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia: The Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997).

What would you prefer -- essays or short-answer identification? :mrgreen:

T.

Essays... on the theory, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with

It's off to Amazon I go!!

btw, would you know a title that relates to the original Darien Expedition to the Isthmus of Panama?

[macwilkin]

Essays... on the theory, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with

It's off to Amazon I go!!

btw, would you know a title that relates to the original Darien Expedition to the Isthmus of Panama?

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

[macwilkin]

I posted this link to the Spencer Collection at the U. of Glasgow Library already in the Caledonia tartan thread, but since a request was made for information on the Darien Scheme, I thought I'd post it again:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html

Regards,

Todd

[KFCarter]

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

I posted this link to the Spencer Collection at the U. of Glasgow Library already in the Caledonia tartan thread, but since a request was made for information on the Darien Scheme, I thought I'd post it again:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html

Regards,

Todd

Thanks very much for those!
I love it when I've got books stacked up on my night table like flights over O'Hare. These titles should keep me out of trouble for at least a little while.

best

Ken

[Coinneach]

These titles should keep me out of trouble for at least a little while.

I don't think we should count on it, though.

Cheers!

[KFCarter]

I don't think we should count on it, though.

Cheers!

Hey there, Coinneach! Good to hear from you; wish you were going to be able to join us for the Games!

best
Ken

[Coinneach]

I wish I were, too. I must make a note to schedule my visits around the games and other local events. I'll be watching for all the photos!