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Book SynopsisAllan I. Macinnes is Emeritus Professor History at Strathclyde, having formerly taught there and at Glasgow and Aberdeen. He has published extensively on British state formation in the seventeenth century, on Jacobitism, Enlightenment and Empire in the eighteenth century and on Highland clans and clearances from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries. He has written monographs on Charles I and the Emergence of the Covenanting Movement, 1625-41; on Clanship, Commerce and the House of Stewart, 1603-1788; on The British Revolution, 1629-61; on Union and Empire: the making of the United Kingdom in 1707; an on The British Confederate: Archibald Campbell, 1609-61.
Trade ReviewTo take on the long history of the Scottish nation in a single volume is a prodigious challenge, and Allan Macinnes has risen to the task magnificently. This is a lucid, well-balanced account, full of insight, analysis and no little wit. * Graeme Morton, University of Dundee, UK *
This book provides a wide-ranging and readable survey of Scottish history from the medieval era to the present. With clear prose and entertaining anecdotes, Macinnes introduces his readers to the most important personalities, events, and debates in Scotland’s past. * Michelle D. Brock, Washington and Lee University, USA *
Table of ContentsShaping a Mongrel Nation, 832-1214 Wars of Independence, 1214-1424 Renaissance and Reformation, 1424-1625 Covenanters and Jacobites, 1625-1753 Enlightenment and Enterprise, 1753-1884 Unionist, Civic Patriots and Nationalists, 1884-1999 1999-2018: The Road to Independence? Select Bibliography Index
