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 This compelling manuscript was left unpublished on Trevor-Roper's death in 2003 and is now made available for the first time.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
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.
The Invention of Scotland (Routledge Revivals)
The Invention of Scotland (Routledge Revivals) - 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 (Routledge Revivals) write by Murray G. H. Pittock. This book was released on 2014-07-17. The Invention of Scotland (Routledge Revivals) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A dynasty of high ability and great charm, the Stuarts exerted a compelling fascination over their supporters and enemies alike. First published in 1991, this title assesses the influence of the Stuart mystique on the modern political and cultural identity of Scotland. Murray Pittock traces the Stuart myth from the days of Charles I to the modern Scottish National Party, and discusses both pro- and anti-Union propaganda. He provides a unique insight into the ‘radicalism’ of Scottish Jacobitism, contrasting this ‘Jacobitisim of the Left’ with the sentimental image constructed by the Victorians. Dealing with a subject of great relevance to modern British society, this reissue provides an extensive analysis of Scottish nationhood, the Stuart cult and Jacobite ideology. It will be of great interest to students of literature, history, and Scottish culture and politics.
The Invention of Tradition
The Invention of Tradition - 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 Tradition write by Eric Hobsbawm. This book was released on 1992-07-31. The Invention of Tradition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
Scotland
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 Scotland write by Jenny Wormald. This book was released on 2005. Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
