Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics, 1707 to the Present

Christopher Harvie

Psychology Press, 2004 - History - 278 pages

Scotland and Nationalism provides an authoritative survey of Scottish social and political history from 1707 to the present day. Focusing on political nationalism in Scotland, Christopher Harvie examines why this nationalism remained apparently in abeyance for two and a half centuries, and why it became so relevant in the second half of the twentieth century.
This fourth edition brings the story and historiography of Scottish society and politics up-to-date. Additions also include a brand new biographical index of key personalities, along with a glossary of nationalist groups.

Contents

• PART I: 6
• Out of sync: 14
• The strategy of noisy inaction: 23
• Tom Johnston at St Andrews House: 31
• The intellectuals 17071945: 80
• Unionist Scotland 194579: 113
• civil society 194579: 133
• A dance to the music of nationalism 194579: 162
• On the eve: 191
• politics 19792000: 219
• Answered prayers: 240
• Chronology: 253
• Further reading: 259
• Index: 267

About the author

Christopher Harvie, Professor of British and Irish Studies at Tubingen University, made himself the leading historian of twentieth-century Scotland with two classic works, Scotland and Nationalism (1977, third edition 1998) and No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Twentieth-Century Scotland (1981, third
edition, 2000). Educated at the High School and University of Edinburgh, a pioneer of distance learning at the Open University, and a polymath in the tradition of Adam Smith and Patrick Geddes, Harvie now brings his interest in technology, politics and culture, displayed in The Lights of
Liberalism (on the Oxbridge elite, 1976), The Centre of Things (on political fiction, 1991) and Fool's Gold (on North Sea oil, 1994) to bear on his own country, in A Short History of Scotland.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics, 1707 to the Present
• Author: Christopher Harvie
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0415327245, 9780415327244
• Length: 278 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / General; History / Social History; Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism