The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History

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Formato:
Hardback
Editore:
Oxford University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2012
Lingua:
Inglese
Pagine:
720
Dimensioni:
254 X 181
Codice EAN:
9780199563692
Generi:
History, Britain & Ireland
Altre informazioni:
2 maps and 5 black and white images
Curatore:
Jenny Wormald, Tom M. Devine
Prezzo di copertina:
£ 95,00

I contenuti

Over the last three decades major advances in research and scholarship have transformed understanding of the Scottish past. In this landmark study some of the most eminent writers on the subject, together with emerging new talents, have combined to produce a large-scale volume which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Such major themes as the Reformation, the Union of 1707, the Scottish Enlightenment, Clearances, Industrialisation, Empire, Emigration, and the Great War are approached from novel and fascinating perspectives, but so too are such issues as the Scottish environment, myth, family, criminality, the literary tradition, and Scotland's contemporary history. All chapters contain expert syntheses of current knowledge, but their authors also stand back and reflect critically on the questions which still remain unanswered, the issues which generate dispute and controversy, and sketch out where appropriate the agenda for future research. The Handbook also places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience with a considerable focus on the age-old emigration of the Scottish people, the impact of successive waves of immigrants to Scotland, and the nation's key role within the British Empire. The overall result is a vibrant and stimulating review of modern Scottish history - essential reading for students and scholars alike.

Indice

Introduction: The Study of Modern Scottish History; PART ONE: SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF MODERN SCOTTISH HISTORY; 1. Land and Sea: The Environment; 2. The Demographic Factor; 3. Mythical Scotland; 4. Religion and Society; 5. The Literary Tradition; 6. Clearances and the Transformation of the Scottish Countryside; 7. A Global Diaspora; PART TWO: REFORMATION, REGAL UNION AND CIVIL WARS 1500 - C.1680; 8. The Renaissance; 9. Reformed and Godly Scotland?; 10. The 'Rise' of the State?; 11. Reappraising the Early Modern Economy 1500 - 1660; 12. Scotland Restored and Reshaped: Politics and Religion; 13. The Early Modern Family; 14. The Seventeenth Century Irish Connection; PART THREE: UNION AND ENLIGHTENMENT C.1680 - 1760; 15. New Perspectives on Pre-Union Scotland; 16. Migrant Destinations; 17. Union Historiographies; 18. Scottish Jacobitism in its International Context; 19. The rise (and fall?) of the Scottish Enlightenment; 20. The Barbarous North? Criminality in Early Modern Scotland; PART FOUR: THE NATION TRANSFORMED 1760 - 1914; 21. Industrialisation and the Scottish People; 22. Scotland and the eighteenth-century Empire; 23. The Challenge of Radicalism; 24. The Scottish Cities; 25. Identity within the Union State; 26. Immigrants; 27. The Scottish Diaspora since 1815; 28. Impact of the Victorian Empire; PART FIVE: THE GREAT WAR TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM 1914 - 2010; 29. The Great War; 30. The Inter-War Crisis: The Failure of Extremism; 31. The Religious Factor; 32. Gender and Nationhood in Modern Scottish Historiography; 33. The Stateless Nation and the British State since 1918; 34. Challenging the Union; 35. A New Scotland?: The Economy; 36. A New Scotland?: Society and Culture

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[The book] is like a banquet, in which every dish is tempting ... This is a book every library and school scould purchase. Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald ... extremely refreshing ... Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman