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Dispelling much of what he terms the "mythology" of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He traces their ... More

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Here is the first-ever celebration of all things -- and all people -- of Scottish descent. Scottish accomplishments throughout history in every field ... More

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While relatively small in number, the Scots have certainly made their mark on the world: 70% of all American presidents have had Scottish ancestry, ... More

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This book is compulsory reading for anyone who is interested in the contribution made by the Scots Irish to building the United States of America. ... More

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In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and world view were dictated ... More

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Drawing on her own experiences, wide research and over one hundred interviews, Alibhai-Brown offers a fresh look at such topics as racism, ... More

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In this intellectual history, Minkah Makalani reveals how early-twentieth-century black radicals organized an international movement centered on ... More

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A narrative history of the shifting roles of South-Asian people in Britain as they moved from rare and exotic exceptions to integral components of ... More

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This book re-examines the multifaceted reality of the Kashmir problem. The state of Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India soon after India s ... More

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This book explores the changing relationship between Ireland and America in the modern world. Its main themes examine the shifting patterns of Irish ... More

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Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from ... More

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"Highly recommended." --Choice "Meticulously researched . . . will provoke thought and discussion on the relationship between the peculiar ... More

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In this prize-winning book, Linda Colley interweaves political, military, and social history to recount how England, Wales, and Scotland joined ... More

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Our close bond with Great Britain seems inevitable, given our shared language and heritage. But as distinguished historian Kathleen Burk shows in ... More

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Provides an examination of Britain's relationship to America. Is it a 'special' relationship? And if so, what manifests that unique connection? ... More

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Based on interviews, this work is a thematic study of representative men and women who came to Britain from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia as ... More

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This book examines how British and American governments grappled with the question of intervention or non-intervention in a pariah regime--Francoist ... More

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Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind ... More

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"Imperial Spaces" takes two of the most influential minority groups of white settlers in the British Empire -- the Irish and the Scots -- and ... More

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The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law ... More

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The story of the enforced settlement of Gypsy travelers in southeast England, whose nomadic lifestyle ended when they were moved to concrete ghettos ... More

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Our close bond with Great Britain seems inevitable, given our shared language and heritage. But as distinguished historian Kathleen Burk shows in ... More

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