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Scotland - political division of Great Britain (1991 pop. 4,957,000), 30,414 sq mi (78,772 sq km), comprising the northern portion of the island of Great Britain and many surrounding islands. Scotland is separated from England by the Tweed River, the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth. It is bounded on the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the North Sea. The


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    A History of Scotland » Read Now

    by Rosalind Mitchison. 468 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    From the Pictish peoples and their symbol stones to modern devolution, this narrative remains a comprehensive introduction to Scottish history. The text covers key social and political aspects.
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    The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest » Read Now

    by William Ferguson. 341 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of Scottish history, William Ferguson traces the origin of Scottish national identity, and people's perceptions of it, from earliest times to the present day. From the Scottish Origin Legend, expressed in the works of the medieval chroniclers, to the ideas of...
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    Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 » Read Now

    by William Croft Dickinson. 408 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...LL.D. Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography in the University...M.A., PH.D. Professor of Scottish History and Literature in the University...there have been...
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    State and Society in Early Modern Scotland » Read Now

    by Julian Goodare. 368 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland -- like larger and better-known states -- developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth and...
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    Medieval Scotland: Crown, Lordship and Community: Essays Presented to G.W.S Barrow » Read Now

    by Alexander Grant, Keith J. Stringer, G. W. S. Barrow. 319 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
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    Man and Society: The Scottish Inquiry of the Eighteenth Century » Read Now

    by Gladys Bryson. 290 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...PRINCIPAL WORKS OF THE SCOTTISH AUTHORS UNDER...INTRODUCTION THE history of efforts to formulate...chief interest of Scottish history during the next...Sketches of the...
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    Scotland in the Age of the Disruption » Read Now

    by Stewart J. Brown, Michael Fry. 184 pgs.

    ...daily lives. The course of Scottish history was permanently altered, while...importance of religion in modern Scottish history, and to set agendas for further...S., is...
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    No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland since 1914 » Read Now

    by Christopher Harvie. 206 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...experience of recent Scottish history; so too did my friends...endowing a Chair of Scottish History at the University...high-mindedness, the History of the Ministry...
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    Kings of Celtic Scotland » Read Now

    by Benjamin T. Hudson. 206 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    The Kings of Celtic Scotland examines the formation and development of the early medieval Scottish Kingdom. Using a study of the individual monarchs, from the 9th to 11th centuries, the supremacy of the Scots in northern Britain is placed in the wider context of Irish and English history. This study...
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    King James IV of Scotland: A Brief Survey of His Life and Times » Read Now

    by R. L. Mackie. 302 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...with constitutional history explored thoroughly...a smaller measure of Scottish blood in his veins...were annexed to the Scottish Crown. The Treaty of...John Lesley, The...
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    The True Law of Kingship: Concepts of Monarchy in Early-Modern Scotland » Read Now

    by J. H. Burns. 315 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    `Fear God, honour the king'. Sixteenth-century people were supposed to do both. But what was the king entitled to command? And what if he ordered one thing and God's law said another? In this fascinating and original study, James Burns examines these questions by focusing on a neglected area of...
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    The Reign of Alexander II, 1214-49 » Read Now

    by Richard D. Oram. 343 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This volume explores aspects of the political, social, cultural, economic and religious development of Scotland in the reign of King Alexander II (1214-49). It constitutes the first full-length, multi-author study of the king and his reign. The nine contributors to the volume explore issues as...
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    Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers C. 1600-1800: A Study of Scotland and Empires » Read Now

    by A. Mackillop, Steve Murdoch. 245 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This volume examines Scotland's experience of and reaction to European expansion between c. 1600-1800. Although Scotland lacked an independent empire in the seventeenth century, it gained unfettered access to the global empire of England after 1707. The volume argues that, beneath this seemingly...
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    Poverty and Welfare in Scotland, 1890-1948 » Read Now

    by Ian Levitt. 244 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...it is an area of Scottish history that has remained...change. Yet the history of the New Poor...about; how, as Scottish society settled...Johnston T., The History of the...
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    Scotland and the Cold War » Read Now

    by Brian P Jamison. 192 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This book offers an introduction to Scotland's Cold War experience and represents an interesting sample of the numerous issues faced by communities north of the Border from the close of the Second World War until the late 1990s. The Cold War was an event that touched every aspect of life in...
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    The Autonomy of Modern Scotland » Read Now

    by Lindsay Paterson. 220 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...distinctive about the phase of Scottish history that started in the 1960s...3 traces the development of Scottish history in the eighteenth century...Scott, whose novels...

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