Scottish Presbyterianism And Settler Colonial Politics: Empire Of Dissent (cambridge Imperial And Post-colonial Studies Series)
by Valerie Wallace /
2018 / English / PDF
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This book
This bookoffers a new interpretation of political
reform in the settler colonies of Britain’s empire in the early
nineteenth century. It examines the influence of Scottish
Presbyterian dissenting churches and their political values. It
re-evaluates five notorious Scottish reformers and unpacks the
Presbyterian foundation to their political ideas: Thomas
Pringle (1789-1834), a poet in Cape
Town; Thomas
McCulloch (1776-1843), an educator in
Pictou; John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a
church minister in Sydney; William Lyon
Mackenzie (1795-1861), a rebel in
Toronto; and Samuel McDonald
Martin (1805?-1848), a journalist in
Auckland. The book weaves the five migrants’ stories
together for the first time and demonstrates how the campaigns
they led came to be intertwined. The book will appeal to
historians of Scotland, Britain, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, the British Empire and the
Scottish diaspora.
offers a new interpretation of political
reform in the settler colonies of Britain’s empire in the early
nineteenth century. It examines the influence of Scottish
Presbyterian dissenting churches and their political values. It
re-evaluates five notorious Scottish reformers and unpacks the
Presbyterian foundation to their political ideas: Thomas
Pringle (1789-1834), a poet in Cape
Town; Thomas
McCulloch (1776-1843), an educator in
Pictou; John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a
church minister in Sydney; William Lyon
Mackenzie (1795-1861), a rebel in
Toronto; and Samuel McDonald
Martin (1805?-1848), a journalist in
Auckland. The book weaves the five migrants’ stories
together for the first time and demonstrates how the campaigns
they led came to be intertwined. The book will appeal to
historians of Scotland, Britain, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, the British Empire and the
Scottish diaspora.
