Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire

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.

Reviews of Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire

"Rebellion and Savagery brings forth a stimulating and persuasive argument that could well present an implicit corrective to late eighteenth-century British colonial history."–Canadian Journal of History "An ambitious study, in line with recent demands for scholarly investigations which would chart the interrelations between the decline of Jacobitism and Britain's colonial project."–Journal of British Studies "Historians surrendered the '45 to romance novelists and tourists long ago. Plank has rescued it from their clutches and given cause for us to reevaluate its significance, for both the eighteenth-century British empire and the problems that plague our own time."–H-Net Reviews "An original, challenging, and important book: exhaustively researched and convincingly argued."–Jacobite Magazine "Historians surrendered the '45 to romance novelists and tourists long ago. Plank has rescued it from their clutches and given cause for us to reevaluate its significance, for both the eighteenth-century British empire and the problems that plague our own time." "H-Net Reviews"" "An ambitious study, in line with recent demands for scholarly investigations which would chart the interrelations between the decline of Jacobitism and Britain's colonial project." "Journal of British Studies"" "An original, challenging, and important book: exhaustively researched and convincingly argued." "Jacobite Magazine"" ""Rebellion and Savagery" brings forth a stimulating and persuasive argument that could well present an implicit corrective to late eighteenth-century British colonial history." "Canadian Journal of History""