Matthew Dziennik
Biographic Data
| ID | 2414048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Dziennik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Dziennik |
| SIGNATURE | DZIENNIK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Soldiers, military settlements, and ideas of progress in the British empire, c. 1750–1840
The idea of the military being central to British imperial expansion is nothing new. British armies were both conquerors of colonial territories and institutions through which imperial rule was managed and sustained. In analysing the settlement of demobilised soldiers across Scotland, Trinidad, Sierra Leone, and North India, this article draws attention to the additional significance of the army in colonial concepts of civilisation and human prog…
Armailt làidir de mhilìsidh’
In 1745–6, thousands of troops were raised in the Highlands and Islands in support of the house of Hanover. Often neglected due to the intense focus on Highland Jacobitism, these Gaels were instrumental in the defeat of the Jacobites. The study of pro-Hanoverian forces in the Gàidhealtachd tells us much not only about the military history of the 1745 rebellion but also about the nature of the whig regime in Scotland. In contrast to the ideologica…
The Fatal Land
Journal Article The Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America Get access By Matthew P. Dziennik. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. xvi, 297 pp. $65.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 172–173, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw037 Published: 01 June 2016
The Royalist Revolution
The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and American Founding, by Eric Nelson. Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014. 390 pp. $29.95 US (cloth). Eric Nelson's new book is a controversial analysis of American founding. Far from being a revolt against repeated injuries and usurpations of royal power as stated in Declaration of Independence, American rebellion was a revolt in favour of royal government, driven by conviction that p…
Armailt làidir de mhilìsidh’
In 1745–6, thousands of troops were raised in the Highlands and Islands in support of the house of Hanover. Often neglected due to the intense focus on Highland Jacobitism, these Gaels were instrumental in the defeat of the Jacobites. The study of pro-Hanoverian forces in the Gàidhealtachd tells us much not only about the military history of the 1745 rebellion but also about the nature of the whig regime in Scotland. In contrast to the ideologica…
The Royalist Revolution
The Royalist Revolution: Monarchy and American Founding, by Eric Nelson. Cambridge, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014. 390 pp. $29.95 US (cloth). Eric Nelson's new book is a controversial analysis of American founding. Far from being a revolt against repeated injuries and usurpations of royal power as stated in Declaration of Independence, American rebellion was a revolt in favour of royal government, driven by conviction that p…
The Fatal Land
Journal Article The Fatal Land: War, Empire, and the Highland Soldier in British America Get access By Matthew P. Dziennik. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. xvi, 297 pp. $65.00.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 172–173, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw037 Published: 01 June 2016
Armailt làidir de mhilìsidh’
In 1745–6, thousands of troops were raised in the Highlands and Islands in support of the house of Hanover. Often neglected due to the intense focus on Highland Jacobitism, these Gaels were instrumental in the defeat of the Jacobites. The study of pro-Hanoverian forces in the Gàidhealtachd tells us much not only about the military history of the 1745 rebellion but also about the nature of the whig regime in Scotland. In contrast to the ideologica…
Soldiers, military settlements, and ideas of progress in the British empire, c. 1750–1840
The idea of the military being central to British imperial expansion is nothing new. British armies were both conquerors of colonial territories and institutions through which imperial rule was managed and sustained. In analysing the settlement of demobilised soldiers across Scotland, Trinidad, Sierra Leone, and North India, this article draws attention to the additional significance of the army in colonial concepts of civilisation and human prog…
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