Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750: Defending the Union

by Victoria Henshaw

Book Overview

The wholesale assimilation of Scots into the British Army is largely associated with the recruitment of Highlanders during and after the Seven Years War. This important new study demonstrates that the assimilation of Lowland and Highland Scots into the British Army was a salient feature of its history in the first half of the 18th century and was already well advanced by the outbreak of the Seven Years War. Scotland and the British Army, 1700-1750...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472507304
• ISBN13: 9781472507303
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"