Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity
This article explores the formation of British imperial identity through a focus on the career of Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), a well-known Whig intellectual and imperial careerist who originally hailed from the Highlands of Scotland. Using Mackintosh's unpublished letters and autobiograph...
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| description | This article explores the formation of British imperial identity through a focus on the career of Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), a well-known Whig intellectual and imperial careerist who originally hailed from the Highlands of Scotland. Using Mackintosh's unpublished letters and autobiography, the article shows how he imagined and narrated his relationship to the Scottish Highlands from the vantage points of Bombay and London. In contrast to recent historiography that has focused on the translation of Scottish society, culture, and identity in British imperial spaces, this article argues that disidentification from the Highlands of Scotland and the erasure of different peoples, cultures, and textures of life was integral to Mackintosh's configuration of a British imperial identity. |
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| spelling | nottingham-309892020-05-04T20:19:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30989/ Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity Gust, Onni This article explores the formation of British imperial identity through a focus on the career of Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), a well-known Whig intellectual and imperial careerist who originally hailed from the Highlands of Scotland. Using Mackintosh's unpublished letters and autobiography, the article shows how he imagined and narrated his relationship to the Scottish Highlands from the vantage points of Bombay and London. In contrast to recent historiography that has focused on the translation of Scottish society, culture, and identity in British imperial spaces, this article argues that disidentification from the Highlands of Scotland and the erasure of different peoples, cultures, and textures of life was integral to Mackintosh's configuration of a British imperial identity. Cambridge University Press 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed Gust, Onni (2013) Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity. Journal of British Studies, 52 (03). pp. 615-637. ISSN 1545-6986 Highland Scotland; British Empire; Imperial networks; Britishness; Gender; Identity; Belonging http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8956687&fileId=S0021937113001147 doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.114 doi:10.1017/jbr.2013.114 |
| spellingShingle | Highland Scotland; British Empire; Imperial networks; Britishness; Gender; Identity; Belonging Gust, Onni Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title | Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title_full | Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title_fullStr | Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title_short | Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity |
| title_sort | remembering and forgetting the scottish highlands: sir james mackintosh and the forging of a british imperial identity |
| topic | Highland Scotland; British Empire; Imperial networks; Britishness; Gender; Identity; Belonging |
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