Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765 (Princeton Legacy Library, 37)

Against the background of a distinctive Lowland society transformed by commercializing and Anglicizing influences in the years after Scotland's union with England, the author traces the establishment of the East Jersey colony in 1683 and its spread westward to incorporate the whole of the New York to Philadelphia corridor. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Frontmatter LIST OF MAPS (page ix) PREFACE (page xi) INTRODUCTION (page 3) PART ONE: SCOTTISH SOCIETY IN THE AGE OF COLONIZATION, 1675-1725 1. The Structure of Scottish Communities (page 17) 2. The Border Background, the English Relationship and the Development of National Religious Traditions (page 48) 3. The Patrons of Improvement: Anglicization and Economic Planning in the Northeastern Countryside (page 72) PART TWO: THE COLONIZATION OF EAST NEW JERSEY, 1683-1702: THE PROPRIETARY YEARS 4. The Scottish Proprietors and the Planning of East New Jersey (page 99) 5. A Scots Community: Settlement Patterns and Family Networks in the New World Environment (page 131) 6. A Scots' Settlement or an English Settlement: Cultural Conflict and the Establishment of Ethnic Identity (page 163) 7. Social Authority and Commercial Development in the Old World and the New (page 195) 8. The Uses of Revivalism: Religion and National Identity in Scotland and America (page 227) 9. Scottish Colonization and the Concept of Ethnicity in Early America (page 256) APPENDIX A: The Scottish Population of Central New Jersey (page 264) APPENDIX B: The Scottish Proprietary Group (page 275) Notes (page 279) Bibliographical Note (page 341) Index (page 347) Against the background of a distinctive Lowland society transformed by commercializing and Anglicizing influences in the years after Scotland's union with England, the author traces the establishment of the East Jersey colony in 1683 and its spread westward to incorporate the whole of the New York to Philadelphia corridor. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905