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Scotland: A Short History
Christopher Harvie
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Description for Scotland: A Short History
Paperback. The complete short history of Scotland - from the retreat of the ice-caps to the Independence Referendum of 2014 Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 306.
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 southern neighbour. Harvie follows Scotland's tense partnership with England for over 400 years, through dual monarchy and union, enlightenment and empire, industrialization and de-industrialization. First published ... Read more
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 southern neighbour. Harvie follows Scotland's tense partnership with England for over 400 years, through dual monarchy and union, enlightenment and empire, industrialization and de-industrialization. First published ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198714880
SKU
V9780198714880
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-29
About Christopher Harvie
Christopher Harvie was born in 1944 in then-industrial Motherwell, and brought up in the Scottish Borders, to which he has now returned, to look after his near-centenarian parents. The author of fifteen books about the European, British, and Scottish past and contemporary affairs, he was a founder-historian at the Open University in 1969, and taught at the historic University of ... Read more
Reviews for Scotland: A Short History
Clever, playful, and provocative, Harvie incoporates insights from disparate disciplines into an integrated vision.
Rab Houston, BBC History Magazine
Rab Houston, BBC History Magazine