| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 433 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The new Edinburgh history of Scotland ; v. 10
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New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; v. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Progress and poverty : Scottish society, 1880 to 1914 -- Enterprise and initiative : the Scottish economy, 1880 to 1939 -- 'An exuberant verbosity' : Scottish politics in the 1880s -- 'Volcanic upheavals' : Scottish politics before the Great War -- 'Ower the Hill' -- Poverty without progress? Scottish society in the inter-war period -- 'Miracles and politics don't mix' : political change in the inter-war period -- Total war, 1939 to 1945 -- The social revolution : Scottish society since 1945 -- The end of industrial Scotland : the economy since 1945 -- Unionist Scotland : politics, 1945 to 1970 -- The 1970s : a decade of Scottish politics -- Mothering devolution : Scottish politics, 1979 to 1997 -- New Labour, new parliament, new Scotland? |
| Summary |
Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom. He sets Scottish experience alongside the Irish, Welsh and European, and considers British dimensions of historical change - involvement in two world wars, imperial growth and decline, for example - from a Scottish perspective. He 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 someti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Scotland -- History.
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Nationalism. |
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Scotland. |
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History. |
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National characteristics, Scottish.
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National characteristics, Scottish. |
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Scotland -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1880-2010 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cameron, Ewen A. Impaled upon a thistle. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748613144 (OCoLC)74967344 |
| ISBN |
9780748628254 (electronic book) |
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0748628258 (electronic book) |
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0748613145 (hardback) |
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9780748613144 (hardback) |
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0748613153 (paperback) |
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9780748613151 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612619991 |
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9780748613144 |
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