The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000 - Hardcover

Devine, Tom M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713993510 ISBN 13: 9780713993516

Publisher: Allen Lane, 1999

Synopsis

THE SCOTTISH NATION is the largest-scale history of modern Scotland over the last three centuries ever published and the first such study to examine this period to have appeared in a generation. It will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the recent development of one of Europe's historic nations as the first Scottish Parliament since 1707 prepares to meet in the summer of 2000. Drawing on a huge range of new research, THE SCOTTISH NATION takes both the "traditional" topics of Scottish history and new themes and makes them fascinating and accessible to a wide new audience.

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Review:

Interested in Scotland and its history? Then this book is essential reading. Spanning the 300 years between the Act of Union and the re-establishment of the Scottish parliament, this history covers all the factors that go to make the nation what it is today. The build-up to Union is the starting point for Tom Devine's The Scottish Nation 1700-2000 and from there he takes us up to the end of the 20th century. From the urban, rural and the international perspectives he describes the social, cultural, economic and political transformations of Scotland. Until the 1950s the success of the Union was undisputed but later it came to be questioned. The end of the second millennium saw the re-establishment of the Scottish parliament and the possibility of a future independent Scottish state.

Professor Devine is an eminent historian who has written extensively on the history of Scotland. This remarkable book underlines the revolution that has taken place among Scottish historians, in the last 30 years of the 20th century. Breathtaking in its scope and detail, The Scottish Nation is both accessible and constantly fascinating. --Douglas Pretsell

Synopsis:

Overturning many assumptions about Scotland's history, this book takes both traditional topics and new themes, making them fascinating and accessible for those wanting to understand the recent development of this historic nation, as the first Scottish Parliament since 1707 prepares to meet in the summer of 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0713993510
• ISBN 13: 9780713993516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 720