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Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Plank is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati and author of An Unsettled Conquest: The British Campaign Against the Peoples of Acadia, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Klappentext "Rebellion and Savagery" examines the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and its aftermath on an imperial scale. The event marked a turning point in the fortunes of the British Empire by creating a new political interest in favor of aggressive imperialism and also by sparking discussion of how the British should promote market-based economic relations in order to integrate indigenous peoples within their empire. Zusammenfassung Rebellion and Savagery examines the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and its aftermath on an imperial scale. The event marked a turning point in the fortunes of the British Empire by creating a new political interest in favor of aggressive imperialism and also by sparking discussion of how the British should promote market-based economic relations in order to integrate indigenous peoples within their empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I. THE RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS Chapter 1. Rebellion: Criminal Prosecution and the Jacobite Soldiers Chapter 2. Savagery: Military Execution and the Inhabitants of the Highlands Chapter 3. The 1745 Crisis in the Empire PART II. CUMBERLAND'S ARMY AND THE WORLD Chapter 4. Cumberland's Army in Scotland Chapter 5. Cumberland's Army in the Mediterranean Chapter 6. Cumberland's Army in North America Epilogue: Cumberland's Death and the End of the Officers' Careers Notes Index Acknowledgments
