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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816012003321

Autore

Devine Tom M.

Titolo

Scotland and the Union, 1707-2007 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by T.M. Devine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-7486-7220-6

1-281-78591-1

9786611785918

0-7486-3543-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DevineT. M (Thomas Martin)

Disciplina

941.1069

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / General

Scotland History

Scotland History Union, 1707

Scotland Foreign relations Great Britain

Great Britain Foreign relations Scotland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH UNION; PART ONE FOUNDATIONS; 2 THE MAKING OF THE UNION OF 1707: HISTORY WITH A HISTORY; 3 POPULAR RESISTANCE, RELIGION AND THE UNION OF 1707; 4 THE TREATY OF UNION: MADE IN ENGLAND; PART TWO HISTORY; 5 THE LEGACY OF UNIONISM IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SCOTLAND; 6 THE SPOILS OF EMPIRE; 7 IMPERIAL SCOTLAND; 8 THE POLITICS OF THE UNION IN AN AGE OF UNIONISM; PART THREE CHALLENGES; 9 THE CHALLENGE OF NATIONALISM; 10 THATCHERISM AND THE UNION; 11 THE DEATH OF UNIONISM?

PART FOUR DEVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE12 WHERE STANDS THE UNION NOW? SCOTTISH- ENGLISH RELATIONS AFTER DEVOLUTION; 13 HOW FIRM ARE THE FOUNDATIONS? PUBLIC ATTITUDES TO THE UNION IN 2007; 14 FUTURE OF AN UNLOVED UNION; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive examination of the past, present and future prospects of the Anglo-Scottish Union, this book is written by the cream of the



academic talent in modern Scottish history and Scottish politics. It appeals to a wide readership while conforming to the highest standards of scholarship and no other volume considers the entire 300-year experience of Union - from its origins in the early 18th century to the historic parliamentary victory of the SNP in May 2007. All the key themes and questions are covered here:. "" why the Union took place. "" its growing acceptance in the eighteenth cen