Contents

pp v-vi

List of Illustrations

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Notes on the Contributors

pp ix-x

Foreword by James Hunter

pp xi-xiv

Introduction: Scottish Highlands and the Atlantic World: Social Networks and Identities

pp 1-12

Part One - Land

pp 13-14

1 - ‘I prefer to establish myself in my own colony’: The Translation of Aristocratic Thinking on Land and Governance between Highland Scotland and Atlantic Canada, c. 1803–1910

pp 15-30

2 - Tripped up by Tartan: Settler Colonialism and the Highland Scots on Cape Breton Island

pp 31-44

Part Two - Language and Culture

pp 45-46

3 - Gaelic Heritage, Language Revitalisation and Identity in Present-day Nova Scotia

pp 47-70

4 - ‘Drochaid eadar mis’ agus mo dhùthaich’ [‘A bridge between me and my country’]: Transatlantic Networks and the Nineteenth-century Gaelic Periodical Press

pp 71-90

5 - The Scottish Highlands and Warfare in the British Atlantic World, c. 1740–1815

pp 91-112

Part Three - Networks of Empowerment and Oppression

pp 113-114

6 - Christian Robertson (1780–1842) and a Highland Network in the Caribbean: A Study of Complicity

pp 115-147

7 - The Gaelic Club of Glasgow: Gateway from the Scottish Highlands to the British Atlantic World, 1780–1838

pp 148-169

8 - Family, Society and Highland Identity in an Industrial World

pp 170-194

Epilogue: Contested Boundaries – Documenting the Socio-cultural Dimensions of Empire

pp 195-199

Index

pp 200-214