The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (Oxford Handbooks)
T. M. Devine
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (Oxford Handbooks)
Paperback. A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of Scotland'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. M.; Wormald, Jenny. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3J; HBJD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1256.
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
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
720
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198713630
SKU
V9780198713630
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About T. M. Devine
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 The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History (Oxford Handbooks)
[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
a splendid choice of contributors
Owen Dudley Edwards, Scottish Affairs
hugely impressive on a number of levels ... the contributors also provide thoughts and direction to drive future research,making ... Read more
Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald
a splendid choice of contributors
Owen Dudley Edwards, Scottish Affairs
hugely impressive on a number of levels ... the contributors also provide thoughts and direction to drive future research,making ... Read more