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Scotland and the Union, 1707-2007 / edited by T.M. Devine.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scotland--History.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--History--Union, 1707.
- Scotland--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Scotland.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive examination of the past, present and future prospects of the Anglo-Scottish Union, this book is written by the cream of the academic talent in modern Scottish history and Scottish politics. It appeals to a wide readership while conforming to the highest standards of scholarship and no other volume considers the entire 300-year experience of Union - from its origins in the early 18th century to the historic parliamentary victory of the SNP in May 2007. All the key themes and questions are covered here:. "" why the Union took place. "" its growing acceptance in the eighteenth cen
- Contents:
- COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH UNION; PART ONE FOUNDATIONS; 2 THE MAKING OF THE UNION OF 1707: HISTORY WITH A HISTORY; 3 POPULAR RESISTANCE, RELIGION AND THE UNION OF 1707; 4 THE TREATY OF UNION: MADE IN ENGLAND; PART TWO HISTORY; 5 THE LEGACY OF UNIONISM IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND; 6 THE SPOILS OF EMPIRE; 7 IMPERIAL SCOTLAND; 8 THE POLITICS OF THE UNION IN AN AGE OF UNIONISM; PART THREE CHALLENGES; 9 THE CHALLENGE OF NATIONALISM; 10 THATCHERISM AND THE UNION; 11 THE DEATH OF UNIONISM?
- PART FOUR DEVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE12 WHERE STANDS THE UNION NOW? SCOTTISH- ENGLISH RELATIONS AFTER DEVOLUTION; 13 HOW FIRM ARE THE FOUNDATIONS? PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO THE UNION IN 2007; 14 FUTURE OF AN UNLOVED UNION; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611785918
- 9780748672202
- 0748672206
- 9781281785916
- 1281785911
- 9780748635436
- 0748635432
- OCLC:
- 435421581
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