Volume 10 of this flagship series explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism within Scotland, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom. The Scottish experience is compared to that of the Irish, Welsh and European, and major British historical changes - involvement in two world wars, imperial growth and decline - are considered from a Scottish perspective. Cameron relates political events to trends and movements in the economy, culture and society of the nation’s regions -borders, lowlands, highlands, and islands. Underlying the history, and sometimes impelling its ambitions, are the evolution and growth of national self-confidence and identity which fundamentally affected Scotland’s destiny in the last century. He ends by considering how such forces may transform it in this one. Like the period it describes this book has politics at its heart. The recent upsurge of scholarship and publication, backed by the author’s extensive primary research, underpin its vivid and well-paced narrative.
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-1314-4
- Editorial: Edinburgh University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 448
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés