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Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland

Author : John Keay
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1150 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland written by John Keay and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, a new edition of the definitive reference book on all things Scottish. Since its first publication in 1994, The Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland has established itself as the unrivalled reference book on the subject. Containing over a million words and five thousand entries, it covers every aspect of Scotland's past, her people, arts, industries, environment and continuing traditions. For this new, completely updated and revised edition, the editors have included over a thousand additions to existing entries and over a hundred completely new entries, from Billy Bremner to Dolly the Sheep, from John Smith to the new Scottish Parliament. Matching accessibility with scholarship, The Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland has become the standard source for Scottish nationals, for Scots worldwide, and for anyone with an interest in Scotland.

A Book of Scotland

Author : G. F. Maine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Scotland written by G. F. Maine and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Book of Scotland

Author : G.F. Maine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Scotland written by G.F. Maine and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A book of Scotland

Author : George F. Maine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book A book of Scotland written by George F. Maine and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000

Author : David Finkelstein
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748628843
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4: Professionalism and Diversity 1880-2000 written by David Finkelstein and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-23 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume a range of distinguished contributors provide an original analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been until now greatly under-researched and little understood. The issues covered by this volume include the professionalisation of publishing, its scale, technological developments, the role of the state, including the library service, the institutional structure of the book in Scotland, industrial relations, union activity and organisation, women and the Scottish book, and the economics of publishing. Separate chapters cover Scottish publishing and literary culture, publishing genres, the art of print culture, distribution, and authors and readers. The volume also includes an innovative use of illustrative case studies.

Literature of Scotland

Author : Roderick Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350308838
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Literature of Scotland written by Roderick Watson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critics hailed the first edition of The Literature of Scotland as one of the most comprehensive and fascinatingly readable accounts of Scottish literature in all three of the country's languages - Gaelic, Scots and English. In this extensively revised and expanded new edition, Roderick Watson traces the lives and works of Scottish writers in a beautiful and rugged country that has been divided by political and religious conflict but united, too, by a democratic and egalitarian ideal of nationhood. The Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century provides a comprehensive account of the richest ever period in Scottish literary history. From The House with the Green Shutters to Trainspotting and far beyond, this companion volume to The Literature of Scotland: The Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century gives a critical and historical context to the upsurge of writing in the languages of Scotland. Roderick Watson covers a wide range of modern and contemporary Scottish authors including: MacDiarmid, MacLean, Grassic Gibbon, Gunn, Robert Garioch, Iain Crichton Smith, Alasdair Gray, Edwin Morgan, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh, Alan Warner, A. L. Kennedy, Liz Lochhead, John Burnside, Jackie Kay, Kathleen Jamie and many, many more! Also featuring an extended list of Further Reading and a helpful chronological timeline, this is an indispensable introduction to the great variety of Scottish writing which has emerged since the start of the twentieth century.

Collins - World Encyclopedia

Author :
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007211913
Total Pages : 1060 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Collins - World Encyclopedia written by and published by Collins. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of the 'Collins Paperback World Encyclopaedia', brought up to date and presented in a compact format, providing comprehensive content.

Scottish Ancestry

Author : Sherry Irvine
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618589636
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Ancestry written by Sherry Irvine and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of genealogical research has changed dramatically in the years since this book debuted. In this revised second edition, Sherry Irvine mixes her award-winning methodology with up-to-date instruction on how to utilize the latest computer and internet sources for Scottish research. She also broadens the scope from a guide for North Americans to a useful resource for researchers from all over the globe. For family historians researching Scottish roots, this book continues to be indispensable.

The Oxford Companion to Scottish History

Author : Michael Lynch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0199234825
Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Scottish History written by Michael Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searchable online reference covers more than 20 centuries of history, and interpret history broadly, covering areas such as archaeology, climate, culture, languages, immigration, migration, and emigration. Multi-authored entries analyze key themes such as national identity, women and society, living standards, and religious belief across the centuries in an authoritative yet approachable way. The A-Z entries are complemented by maps, genealogies, a glossary, a chronology, and an extensive guide to further reading.--From title screen.

Edward Irving Reconsidered

Author : David Malcolm Bennett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625648650
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Edward Irving Reconsidered written by David Malcolm Bennett and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Taylor Coleridge called Edward Irving "a minister of Christ, after the order of Paul." Edward Irving was a great preacher, probably the best in Georgian Britain. He was also a profound theologian and a caring pastor. Yet, it is a strange fact of history that this Paul-like "minister of Christ" was eventually removed from the church he had made famous, unfairly expelled from his denomination for heresy, and at the end of his brief life, was demoted in the sect that emerged from his ministry. Towards the end of Irving's life, charismatic gifts emerged in his church amidst great controversy. He had already developed a theological rationale for such gifting, and his extensive teaching on spiritual gifts is still widely consulted today. Edward Irving was and is a controversial figure. It is time that his life, ministry, and teaching were reconsidered. Who was Edward Irving? How did he live? What made him outstanding? What made him so controversial? What is his legacy? These are the questions answered in Edward Irving Reconsidered. It is a compelling story, as sad as it is powerful.

The Mark of the Scots

Author : Duncan A. Bruce
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806520605
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Mark of the Scots written by Duncan A. Bruce and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first-ever celebration of all things - and all people - of Scottish descent. Today there are almost 28 million people of Scottish ancestry in the world, over 12 million of whom reside in the United States, about 4 million in Canada, and 5 million in Scotland. Scottish accomplishments throughout history in every field of endeavor - from science to the arts to politics and exploration - rival those of even the largest ethnic groups: Scots have been significant in most of the major inventions of the past three centuries, including the steam engine, the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, the computer, the transistor, and the motion picture; People as diverse as Sir Isaac Newton, Charles de Gaulle, Katherine Hepburn, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Taylor, Immanuel Kant, Sir Laurence Olivier, Elvis Presley, Edvard Grieg, John D. Rockefeller, and Ty Cobb could claim Scottish ancestry; and Warsaw, Madrid, La Paz, and Stockholm have all had mayors of Scottish descent. The Mark of the Scots contains thousands of facts and is fully annotated. It is a comprehensive and readable book that deserves a place on the shelf of every genealogist, Scottish-American, and history buff.

Consumer Nationalism and Barr’s Irn-Bru in Scotland

Author : David Leishman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030533824
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Consumer Nationalism and Barr’s Irn-Bru in Scotland written by David Leishman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects a detailed analysis of Irn-Bru’s brand identity over time to theories of national identity, consumer studies, and banal nationalism. It situates the commercial history of Barr’s Irn-Bru in a transnational context and shows how Irn-Bru has become a symbol of Scotland through processes of rewriting, reframing and institutionalized forgetting, linking the consumption of what began as a trans-national generic product to a specific national community. As such, Leishman presents a longitudinal, cross-disciplinary approach to analysing branding and advertising as multi-modal forms of discourse, in order to underline the role of commercial, non-state actors and popular consumerism in the phenomenon of banal nationalism. It will be of interest to students and scholars researching nationalism, consumption, and Scottish studies.

Mark Of The Scots - Cl

Author : Duncan A. Bruce
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 080653768X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Mark Of The Scots - Cl written by Duncan A. Bruce and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first-ever celebration of all things—and all people—of Scottish descent. While relatively few in number, the Scots have certainly made their mark on the world: · More the seventy-five percent of all American presidents have had Scottish ancestors, although fewer than five percent of the American population is of Scottish descent. · Almost eleven percent of all the Nobel Prizes ever awarded have involved Scots and their descendants—even though fewer than one half percent of the people of the world can claim Scottish ancestry · At least five of the twelve astronauts who have walked on the moon were descended from Scots. Today there are almost 28 million people of Scottish ancestry in the world, over 12 million of whom reside in the United States, about 4 million in Canada, and about 5 million in Scotland. Scottish accomplishments throughout history in every field of endeavor—from science to the arts to politics and exploration—rival those of even the largest ethnic groups: · Scots have been significant in most of the major inventions of the past three centuries, including the steam engine, the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, the computer, transistor, and the motion picture · People as diverse as Sir Isaac Newton, Charles de Gaulle, Katharine Hepburn, Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Taylor, Immanuel Kant, Sir Laurence Olivier, Elvis Presley, Edvard Grieg, John D. Rockefeller, and Ty Cobb could claim Scottish ancestry · Warsaw, Madrid, La Paz, and Stockholm have all had mayors of Scottish Descent. The Mark of the Scots contains thousands of facts and is fully annotated. It is a comprehensive and readable book that deserves a place on the shelve of every genealogist, Scottish-American, and history buff.

Boswell's Edinburgh Journals

Author : Hugh Milne
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857905864
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Boswell's Edinburgh Journals written by Hugh Milne and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Boswell's relish for life, unflinching honesty and wide social contacts make him one of the raciest and most entertaining of all diarists.This is a one-volume edition of the journals he kept while making his living as an advocate in eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Hugh Milne's introduction and notes remove the barriers that time has placed between us and Boswell. The result is a book in which an extraordinary personality lives before us upon the page. Boswell embodied in himself all the extremes and contradictions of his time and place. This was the Edinburgh of the Enlightenment, and among his friends he counted thinkers like David Hume and Adam Smith, and entertained eminent visitors like Dr Johnson. Boswell was alive to every new social or political idea and was interested in all the drama of human life, whether high or low. All Boswell's public and private doings, and his inner debates about religion and the meaning of life, go unedited into his journal. His vivid description of a whole gallery of characters and situations makes its pages compulsively readable.

The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759

Author : D. Zimmermann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230506364
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Jacobite Movement in Scotland and in Exile, 1746-1759 written by D. Zimmermann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The argument presented in this book arose from an extension to the question whether the suppression of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46, as represented by a long-standing historiographical consensus, spelled the end of Jacobite hopes, and British fears, of another restoration attempt. The principal conclusion of this book is that the Jacobite Movement persisted as a viable threat to the British state, and was perceived as such by its opponents to 1759.

Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World

Author : Jan-Andrew Henderson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694093
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World written by Jan-Andrew Henderson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating history of Edinburgh’s astonishing literary legacy. Covering authors, books, journals, ideas, festivals, attractions and landmarks.

Haunted Stirling

Author : David Kinnaird
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750956445
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Stirling written by David Kinnaird and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-11-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms and spirits, this collection of stories contains both new and well-known spooky tales from around Stirling. A whole chapter is dedicated to the mysterious goings-on at Stirling Castle, where cleaners in the King's Old Building claimed to have heard footsteps coming from the third floor — which hasn't existed since a fire in the nineteenth-century; while a 1930s photograph purports to capture the shadow of a phantom guardsman — possibly the same 'Highland Soldier' often reportedly mistaken by tourists for a castle guide. The town itself has no shortage of fascinating tales, including the story of the Old Town's most famous phantom, seventeenth-century merchant John 'Auld Staney Breeks' Cowane, whose spirit is said to inhabit his statue each Hogmanay. A playful ghost supposedly throws pots and pans around the kitchens of the Darnley Coffee House, while frequent power failures and mishaps in the Tolbooth Theatre — originally the eighteenth-century Burgh jail — are blamed upon the malicious spirit of the last man hanged, Alan Mair. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, Haunted Stirling is guaranteed to intrigue and chill both believers and sceptics alike.