A History of the Scottish People - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Scottish People write by Thomas Christopher Smout. This book was released on 1975. A History of the Scottish People available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History Of Scotland
A History Of Scotland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History Of Scotland write by Neil Oliver. This book was released on 2009-12-17. A History Of Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver. Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly serve this great nation, overshadowing the rich tapestry of her intricate past. Historian Neil Oliver presents a compelling new portrait of Scottish history, peppered with action, high drama and centuries of turbulence that have helped to shape modern Scotland. Along the way, he takes in iconic landmarks and historic architecture; debunks myths surrounding Scotland's famous sons; recalls forgotten battles; charts the growth of patriotism; and explores recent political developments, capturing Scotland's sense of identity and celebrating her place in the wider world.
The Invention of Scotland
The Invention of Scotland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Invention of Scotland write by Hugh Trevor-Roper. This book was released on 2008-07-16. The Invention of Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central role in the historical development of Scottish identity. Hugh Trevor-Roper explores three myths across 400 years of Scottish history: the political myth of the "ancient constitution" of Scotland; the literary myth, including Walter Scott as well as Ossian and ancient poetry; and the sartorial myth of tartan and the kilt, invented--ironically, by Englishmen--in quite modern times. Trevor-Roper reveals myth as an often deliberate cultural construction used to enshrine a people's identity. While his treatment of Scottish myth is highly critical, indeed debunking, he shows how the ritualization and domestication of Scotland's myths as local color diverted the Scottish intelligentsia from the path that led German intellectuals to a dangerous myth of racial supremacy. This compelling manuscript was left unpublished on Trevor-Roper's death in 2003 and is now made available for the first time. Written with characteristic elegance, lucidity, and wit, and containing defiant and challenging opinions, it will absorb and provoke Scottish readers while intriguing many others. "I believe that the whole history of Scotland has been coloured by myth; and that myth, in Scotland, is never driven out by reality, or by reason, but lingers on until another myth has been discovered, or elaborated, to replace it."-Hugh Trevor-Roper
A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times
A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times write by Thomas Thomson. This book was released on 1893. A History of the Scottish People from the Earliest Times available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
How the Scots Invented the Modern World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook How the Scots Invented the Modern World write by Arthur Herman. This book was released on 2007-12-18. How the Scots Invented the Modern World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics—contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since. Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William “Braveheart” Wallace to James Bond. And no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots—or the modern West—in the same way again.
