Scottish Presbyterianism and Settler Colonial Politics Empire of Dissent /

• Main Author: Wallace, Valerie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Subjects: Imperialism.; Great Britain-History.; Religion-History.; World history.; Social history.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; History of Britain and Ireland.; History of Religion.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Social History.

This book 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...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Introduction: Empire of Dissent
• Part I: Journeys
• 2: Thomas Pringle in Cape Town
• 3: Thomas McCulloch in Pictou
• 4: John Dunmore Lang in Sydney
• 5: William Lyon Mackenzie in Toronto
• 6: London Lobbying, 1829-1834
• Part II: Backlash
• 7: Radicalism in Scotland
• 8: Rebellion in Canada
• 9: Disruption at the Cape
• 10: Republicanism in New South Wales
• 11: Samuel McDonald Martin and Oppositional Politics in Auckland
• 12: Conclusion.