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Scotlandby Rab Houston
OUP Oxford 2008; US$ 8.95This Very Short Introduction explores the key themes from more than 1,000 years of Scotland's fascinating history. Covering everything from the Jacobites to devolution to the modern economy, this concise account presents a fully-integrated picture of what Scottish society, culture, politics and religion look like, and why. - ;Since Devolution in 1999 Scotland has become a focus of intense interest both within Britain and throughout the wider world. In this Very Short Introduction, Rab Houston explores how an independent Scottish nation emerged in the Middle Ages, how it was irrevocably altered by Reformation, links with England and economic change, and how Scotland influenced the development of the modern world. Examining politics, law,... more...
History of Scotlandby Rosalind Mitchison
Routledge 2002; US$ 35.95Covering a staggering period from the Pictish peoples and their symbol stones to modern devolution, Mitchison's absorbing narrative remains the classic introduction to Scottish history. more...
Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Europeby Atsuko Ichijo; Anthony D. Smith
Routledge 2004; US$ 170.00Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Europe offers fresh insights into the 'pro-European' dimension of Scottish nationalism and its implications for the UK. more...
Scotland and Nationalismby Christopher Harvie
Routledge 2004; US$ 35.95An authoritative survey of Scottish social and political history from 1707 to the present day. This fourth edition brings the story and historiography of Scottish society and politics up to date. more...
Restoration Scotland, 1660-1690by Clare Jackson
Boydell & Brewer 2003; US$ 95.00The years following the Restoration of the Stuart monarchs to the throne are currently the subject of considerable scholarly enquiry regarding events in England, but this is the first modern study of political and religious attitudes in Scotland in the decades after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660. more...
Medieval Scotlandby A. D. M. Barrell
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 34.00This is a one-volume political and ecclesiastical history of medieval Scotland. It analyses the development of the institutions of the Scottish state, conflict and co-operation between the crown and the nobility, relations with external powers, the history of the Scottish church, and the formation of a distinctive Scottish identity. more...
The Politics of Religion in the Age of Mary, Queen of Scotsby Jane E. A. Dawson; Anthony Fletcher; John Guy; John Morrill
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 45.00This book explains how the political crises of the mid-sixteenth century moulded the future political shape of the British Isles. Its central figure is the fifth earl of Argyll, the brother-in-law of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the major force throughout the Scottish Highlands and Lowlands. more...
The History of Scotlandby Peter Somerset Fry
Taylor & Francis 1991; US$ 32.95A broad history of Scotland from early days to the present. more...
Mary Queen Of Scotsby Jayne Lewis
Routledge 1998; US$ 37.95This examines the enigma of Mary Queen of Scots by exploring the history of her representation in Britain from the late Tudor period to the end of the first World War. more...
An unofficial allianceby A. Grosjean
BRILL 2003; US$ 171.00Grosjean (The Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, Aberdeen) began her study to look more deeply into the few high-profile Scots who migrated to Sweden during the 17th century and became marauding mercenaries, wealthy merchants, and distinguished noblemen. She found a very different story, hidden by a confusion of national labels that more...