The Invention of Scotland: The Stuart Myth and the Scottish Identity, 1638 to the Present 131760525X, 9781317605256

A dynasty of high ability and great charm, the Stuarts exerted a compelling fascination over their supporters and enemie

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The Invention of Scotland: The Stuart Myth and the Scottish Identity, 1638 to the Present
131760525X, 9781317605256

This book argues that while Anglo-Saxon culture has given rise to virtually no myths at all, myth has played a central r

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An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland’s influence in the world and the world’s on Scotland, from the Thirty

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Intended for the general reader as well as students and teachers of Scottish history, this sweeping 1920 history traces

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By the mid-twentieth century, Eastern European Jews had become one of Argentina's largest minorities. Some represen

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What did war look like in the cultural imagination of 1914? Why did men in Scotland sign up to fight in unprecedented nu

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Over the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe's lands and peoples have conjured up a

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This study explores the evolution of Lomonosov’s imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth c

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Intending Scotland reconsiders our understanding of the development of Scottish culture from the Enlightenment to the pr

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