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Author Harvie, Christopher, 1944- author.

Title Scotland : a short history / Christopher Harvie.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Edition New edition.
Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Previous edition: 2002.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Key Places; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 From Fireball to the Unified Kingdom, 10,000 BC-AD 1100; 2 The Community of the Realm, 1100-1560; 3 Reformation and Dual Monarchy, 1560-1707; 4 Union and Enlightenment, 1707-1815; 5 The World's Workshop, 1815-1906; 6 Journey to the Frontier? 1906-2003; 7 'Devo-Max' or Independence? 2003-2014; Envoi; Timelines; Bibliographical Essay; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary Christopher Harvie, one of Scotland's leading historians and political writers, takes a long view of Scotland: its land, people, and culture. Scotland: A History sweeps from the earliest settlements to the new Parliament of 1999 and beyond. It describes the unique multi-ethnic kingdom which emerged from the Dark Ages, the small, proud nation manoeuvring among the great powers of medieval Europe, and the radical reformation which forced a compromise with its mighty southernneighbour. Harvie follows Scotland's tense partnership with England for over 400 years, through dual monarchy and union, en.
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Subject Scotland -- History.
Scotland.
History.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: Harvie, Christopher, 1944- Scotland. New edition 9780198714880 (OCoLC)880192759
ISBN 9780191024245 (electronic book)
0191024244 (electronic book)
9780198714880
0198714882