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

• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.1069
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland History; Scotland History Union, 1707; Scotland Foreign relations Great Britain; Great Britain Foreign relations Scotland
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DevineT. M (Thomas Martin)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Scotland and the Union, 1707-2007
• ISBN: 0-7486-7220-6; 1-281-78591-1; 9786611785918; 0-7486-3543-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454395903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II