Oxford Handbook Modern Scottish History
. Ed(S): Devine, T.; Wormald, Jenny
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Description for Oxford Handbook Modern Scottish History
Hardback. A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience. Editor(s): Devine, T.; Wormald, Jenny. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 720 pages, 2 maps and 5 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 177 x 253 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Over the last three decades major advances in research and scholarship have transformed understanding of the Scottish past. In this landmark study some of the most eminent writers on the subject, together with emerging new talents, have combined to produce a large-scale volume which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Such major themes as the Reformation, the Union of 1707, the Scottish Enlightenment, Clearances, Industrialisation, Empire, Emigration, and the Great War are approached from ... Read more
Over the last three decades major advances in research and scholarship have transformed understanding of the Scottish past. In this landmark study some of the most eminent writers on the subject, together with emerging new talents, have combined to produce a large-scale volume which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Such major themes as the Reformation, the Union of 1707, the Scottish Enlightenment, Clearances, Industrialisation, Empire, Emigration, and the Great War are approached from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199563692
SKU
V9780199563692
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About . Ed(S): Devine, T.; Wormald, Jenny
T. M. Devine previously held the Glucksman Research Chair in Irish-Scottish Studies, was Director of the AHRC Centre in Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen, and was Deputy Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He holds Honorary Professorships at the Universities of North Carolina and Guelph, and has won all three major prizes for Scottish historical research. ... Read more
Reviews for Oxford Handbook Modern Scottish History
[The book] is like a banquet, in which every dish is tempting ... This is a book every library and school should purchase.
Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald
... extremely refreshing ...
Stuart Kelly, The ScotsmanDevine and Jenny Wormald, University of Leeds
hugely impressive on a number of levels ... the contributors also provide thoughts and direction ... Read more
Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald
... extremely refreshing ...
Stuart Kelly, The ScotsmanDevine and Jenny Wormald, University of Leeds
hugely impressive on a number of levels ... the contributors also provide thoughts and direction ... Read more