The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History

by T. M. Devine (Editor), Jenny Wormald (Editor)

Overview

Over the last three decades major advances in research and scholarship have transformed understanding of the Scottish past. In this landmark study some of the most eminent writers on the subject, together with emerging new talents, have combined to produce a large-scale volume which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Such major themes as the Reformation, the Union of 1707, the Scottish Enlightenment, Clearances, Industrialisation, Empire, Emigration, and the Great War are approached from novel and fascinating perspectives, but so too are such issues as the Scottish environment, myth, family, criminality, the literary tradition, and Scotland's contemporary history. All chapters contain expert syntheses of current knowledge, but their authors also stand back and reflect critically on the questions which still remain unanswered, the issues which generate dispute and controversy, and sketch out where appropriate the agenda for future research.

The Handbook also places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience with a considerable focus on the age-old emigration of the Scottish people, the impact of successive waves of immigrants to Scotland, and the nation's key role within the British Empire. The overall result is a vibrant and stimulating review of modern Scottish history - essential reading for students and scholars alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199563692
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/24/2012
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

T. M. Devine previously held the Glucksman Research Chair in Irish-Scottish Studies, was Director of the AHRC Centre in Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen, and was Deputy Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He holds Honorary Professorships at the Universities of North Carolina and Guelph, and has won all three major prizes for Scottish historical research. He is Fellow of the British Academy and Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He was appointed OBE for services to Scottish History (2005) and awarded Scotland's supreme academic accolade, the Royal Gold Medal, by HM the Queen on the recommendation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2001.

Jenny Wormald was previously C.E. Hodge Fellow in History at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She was a British Academy Reader in the Humanities and has held Visiting Professorships at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and the University of the South, Sewanee, and Research Fellowships at the Shakespeare Folger Library, Washington, DC, and the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland), and the Royal Society for the Arts.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Study of Modern Scottish History, T.M. Devine and Jenny WormaldPart One: Some Fundamentals of Modern Scottish History1. Land and Sea: The Environment, T.C. Smout2. The Demographic Factor, Michael Anderson3. Mythical Scotland, Colin Kidd and James Coleman4. Religion and Society, Stewart J. Brown5. The Literary Tradition, Cairns Craig6. Clearances and the Transformation of the Scottish Countryside, Robert Dodgshon7. A Global Diaspora, T.M. DevinePart Two: Reformation, Regal Union and Civil Wars 1500 - c.16808. The Renaissance, Andrea Thomas9. Reformed and Godly Scotland?, Jenny Wormald10. The 'Rise' of the State?, Laura Stewart11. Reappraising the Early Modern Economy 1500 - 1660, T.M. Devine12. Scotland Restored and Reshaped: Politics and Religion, Alasdair Raffe13. The Early Modern Family, Elizabeth Ewan14. The Seventeenth Century Irish Connection, Patrick FitzgeraldPart Three: Union and Enlightenment c.1680 - 176015. New Perspectives on Pre-Union Scotland, Karin Bowie16. Migrant Destinations, Steve Murdoch and Esther Mijers17. Union Historiographies, Clare Jackson18. Scottish Jacobitism in its International Context, Daniel Szechi19. The rise (and fall?) of the Scottish Enlightenment, Alexander Broadie20. The Barbarous North? Criminality in Early Modern Scotland, Anne-Marie KildayPart Four: The Nation Transformed 1760 - 191421. Industrialisation and the Scottish People, Stana Nenadic22. Scotland and the eighteenth-century Empire, Douglas Hamilton23. The Challenge of Radicalism, Gordon Pentland24. The Scottish Cities, Richard Rodger25. Identity within the Union State, Graeme Morton26. Immigrants, Ben Braber27. The Scottish Diaspora since 1815, Angela McCarthy28. Impact of the Victorian Empire, Esther BreitenbachPart Five: The Great War to the New Millennium 1914 - 201029. The Great War, E.W. McFarland30. The Inter-War Crisis: The Failure of Extremism, Richard J. Finlay31. The Religious Factor, Graham Walker32. Gender and Nationhood in Modern Scottish Historiography, Catriona M. M. Macdonald33. The Stateless Nation and the British State since 1918, Ewen Cameron34. Challenging the Union, Iain McLean35. A New Scotland?: The Economy, George Peden36. A New Scotland?: Society and Culture, David McCrone

Editorial Reviews

"Impressive on a number of levels...[The authors] handle the all-consuming relationship with England in a refreshingly contextual fashion and not as the traditional and false dichotomy of recent times. Critically, the contributors also provide thoughts and direction to drive future research, thus making this impressive work a living document and not just a passive account of the past...[A] timely, approachable, and professional look at Scotland in the modern era."—CHOICE

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