Wow! A blast from the past! I'd about given you up for dead! lol. Great to see you've only been digging around in graveyards and stuff. Curious as to why a Limey chose to study the misguided antics of those bloody Scots? Perhaps... you thought they said Scotch? lol.
Very happy for you, though. Quite an accomplishment. I often think about going back for a degree in History. I already KNOW everything about everything that has happened since I was born, so.... It's one of the few subjects that interest me. [Ha. Just kidding, of course.]
I often talk about the "American experiment" and how young our nation is. Must be fascinating to have so MUCH history to explore.
Great to see you again, and that you haven't forgotten us! Any chance that dissertation is available online somewhere? In ENGLISH perhaps? lol.