{"product_id":"planting-thistles-scottish-islander-colonization-in-late-victorian-canada-hardback-9780774870979","title":"Planting Thistles; Scottish Islander Colonization in Late Victorian Canada (Hardback) 9780774870979","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlanting Thistles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScottish Islander Colonization in Late Victorian Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTimothy S. Forest (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774870979\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 March 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 17 b\u0026amp;w photos, 9 maps, 8 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Victorian age, governments on both sides of the Atlantic targeted Scottish crofters from the Outer Hebrides as ideal colonists, proposing settlement schemes in British Columbia and on the Prairies that were to bring benefits to the region and the settlers themselves. Within six years, these plans were considered tragic failures. \u003cem\u003ePlanting Thistles\u003c\/em\u003e explores the motivations, misfires, and consequences of this state-sponsored colonization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTimothy S. Forest links the programs to shifting and interconnected factors: economic concerns, uprisings in the Hebrides and in Canada, political prerogatives, imperial defensive priorities, demographics, clashes between Enlightenment and Social Darwinist values, and disagreements over imperial decline and state interventionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe apparent failure of transplanted Scots to meet expectations – that they would save the region from foreign and Indigenous threats – prompted late Victorians to re-examine issues of religion, race, class, gender, Britishness, and modernity itself. Timothy S. Forest's deft analysis expands our understanding of imperialist assumptions and settler colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Promises Made, Promises Broken\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Crofters: Their History to the 1880s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Last, Best West: The Rise of Crofter Colonization in the Prairies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Illusions Shattered: The Implosion of Crofter Colonization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 White Fishermen, Red Menace, Yellow Peril: Crofter Colonization in British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Gates Come Crashing Down: The Collapse of British Columbia's \"Gigantic Scheme\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Colonization's Last Gasps: The Crofters and Western Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword: The Legacy of Crofter Colonization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531138134296,"sku":"9780774870979","price":74.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/planting-thistles-scottish-islander-colonization-in-late-victorian-canada-hardback-9780774870979","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}