Scottish Quest
Author : Iain Fleming Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 34,62 MB
Release : 1935
Category : Scotland
ISBN :
Author : Iain Fleming Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 34,62 MB
Release : 1935
Category : Scotland
ISBN :
Author : Michael Fry
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1788854322
This new edition of Michael Fry's remarkable book charts the involvement of the Scots in the British empire from its earliest days to the end of the twentieth century. It is a tale of dramatic extremes and craggy characters and of a huge range of concerns - from education, evangelism and philanthropy to spying, swindling and drug running. Stories of Scottish regiments on the rampage, cannibalism and other atrocities are contrasted with the deeds of heroic pioneers such as David Livingstone and Mary Slessor. Above all it tells how the British empire came to be dominated and run by the Scots, and how it truly became a Scottish empire. As the empire transformed Scotland beyond recognition, so was the Empire shaped by the Scots - a remarkable achievement from the population of so small a country, which was itself neither nation nor fully province, neither fully colonizer nor fully colonized. Michael Fry's energetic and colourful account is one of the classics of modern Scottish history.
Author : William Ferguson
Publisher : Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN :
From the earliest times to the present day, this work traces the origin of Scottish national identity and people's perceptions of it. It covers the Scottish Origin Legend, expressed in the works of medieval chroniclers, to the ideas of contemporary historians. The author also examines such topics as: Gaelic kingship, George Buchanan, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, James Macpherson, Goths versus Gaels, and George Chalmers.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 43,93 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Business
ISBN :
Author : Esther Breitenbach
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 37,71 MB
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0748636218
An in depth study of the significance of Empire to Scots in the 19th Century
Author : Peter Hall
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 1847
Category :
ISBN :
Author : William Anderson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 2023-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3382171163
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author : Richard Finlay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1350278114
For more than a decade now, the issue of Scottish independence has been one of the key features in British politics and has raised questions as to the likely survival of the United Kingdom in the post Brexit era. In Scotland, the SNP has been in government since 2007 and has established a political hegemony that makes it the most successful political party in terms of electoral politics in Europe. Yet, the political philosophy of this movement has not been studied in any great depth and a number of basic questions remain unanswered, such as why is the movement non-violent and constitutional? Why does it believe that Scotland as a nation should exercise its right to self-determination and how does it square a largely outward-looking and cosmopolitan vision of society with nationalism? This book answers these important questions. By examining the evolution of nationalist ideas on Scottish history, its relationship to the philosophy of nationalism, as well as how the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England created an unusual legal and constitutional framework, this book offers new insights into Scottish history and Scotland's place within the Union and relates it to wider international and imperial British history.
Author : Murray Ritchie
Publisher : The Saltire Society
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Elections
ISBN : 9780854110773
The inside story of Scotland's first General Election - a record of events in public and behind the scenes as witnessed by Murray Ritchie, Scottish political editor of The Herald newspaper. A personal record provides a study of how rival politicians and parties campaigned to win over electors and to impress public opinion through the media. Political strategists resorted to the black arts, placing unprecedented pressure on newspapers, as they conducted the toughest campaign in Scottish history. An account of how politicians reacted before the cameras and in private to the peaks and troughs of a fascinating campaign.
Author : Eleano Bell
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 36,47 MB
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9401209804
Although a number of publications have appeared in recent years marking the importance of the ‘swinging sixties’, many tend to be personally reflective in nature and London-centric in their coverage. By contrast, The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution? addresses this misrepresentation and in so doing fills a gap in both Scottish and British literary and cultural studies. Through a series of academic analyses based on archival records, ephemera and work produced during the 1960s, this volume focuses uniquely on Scotland. In its concern with some of the key figures of Scottish cultural life, the book considers amongst other topics the implications of censorship, the role of little magazines in shaping cultural debates, the radical nature of much Scottish literature of the time, developments in the avant-garde and the role of experiment in theatre, film, TV, fine art and music.