| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in cultural history ; 35 |
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Routledge studies in cultural history ; 35.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Scotland and the Caribbean, c. 1740-1833 -- Theoretical orientations: transnationalism in the Atlantic world -- Archipelagic poetics: pastoral, georgic, and the Scoto-British imperial vision, c.1740-1785 -- Robert Burns: slavery, freedom and abolition, 1786-1800 -- Not immediate but gradual: abolition to emancipation, 1800-1833 -- Recovering Scottish Creoles from the Caribbean -- Joseph Knight: history, fiction, memory |
| Summary |
This book participates in the modern recovery of the memory of the long-forgotten relationship between Scotland and the Caribbean. Drawing on theoretical paradigms of world literature and transnationalism, it argues that Caribbean slavery profoundly shaped Scotland's economic, social and cultural development, and draws out the implications for current debates on Scotland's national narratives of identity. Eighteenth- to nineteenth-century Scottish writers are re-examined in this new light. Morris explores the ways that discourses of ""improvement"" in both Scotland and the Caribbean are mediat |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Scots -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century
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Scots -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century
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Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century
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Slavery -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century
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Enlightenment -- Scotland -- Influence
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Enlightenment -- Influence
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International relations
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Scots
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Slavery
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| SUBJECT |
Scotland -- Relations -- Caribbean Area
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Caribbean Area -- Relations -- Scotland
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| Subject |
Caribbean Area
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Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014040880 |
| ISBN |
9781317675860 |
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131767586X |
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9781315771595 |
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1315771594 |
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9781317675846 |
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1317675843 |
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9781317675853 |
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1317675851 |
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