{"product_id":"scotch-baronial-9781350166165","title":"Scotch Baronial","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book takes a timely look at how Scotland's national politics have been expressed in its buildings, exploring the role the architecture of Scotland  in particular its world-famous castle architecture'  has played the ongoing narrative of Scots national identity.\u003ci\u003eScotch Baronial \u003c\/i\u003eexamines many of the country's most important historic buildings  from the palaces left behind by the lost' monarchy, to revivalist castles and proud town halls  examining their architectural styles and tracing their wildly fluctuating political and national connotations.  An introduction to a key episode in British architectural history, and a valuable resource for anyone studying the role of architecture in narratives of nationalism and empire globally, \u003ci\u003eScotch Baronial\u003c\/i\u003e ends by bringing the story into the 21st century, exploring how contemporary neo-modernist' architecture in today's Scotland, as exemplified in the Holyrood parliament, relates to concepts of national identity in architecture ov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ambitious and wide-ranging account of the complex interplay, over more than eight centuries, between castellated architecture and changing concepts of national identity in Scotland ... The authors are to be congratulated on maintaining an appropriate balance and pace across such a broad chronological span and such an intricately interwoven set of themes. * Castle Studies *\u003cbr\u003eIt is always a pleasure to pick up an elegantly written book, which wears its research lightly, yet doesn’t skimp on scholarship. * Innes Review *\u003cbr\u003eGlendinning and Mackenchnie are alive to the political and social developments that underscored Scottish architectural practice. … Scotch Baronial is an absorbing and authoritative study that should invite a wide readership. * Scotia: Interdisciplinary Journal of Scottish Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Pre-1603 Scotland: Castellated Architecture and ‘Martial Independence’   \u003cb\u003ePart I: Absent Monarchs and Civil Strife \u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 1: 1603-1660: Empty royal palaces and castellated court architecture Chapter 2: 1660-1689: From restitution to rejection of the old order Chapter 3: 1689-1750: The architecture of dynastic struggle   \u003cb\u003ePart II: From ‘Romantic Scotland’ to ‘Imperial Scotland’ \u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 4: 1750-1790:  Enlightenment and Romanticism Chapter 5: 1790-1820: Scotland and England in the Age of Revolutionary War Chapter 6: 1820-40: Scott, Abbotsford and ‘Scotch’ Romanticism  Chapter 7: 1840-70: Billings and Bryce: mid-century Baronial   Chapter 8: 1870-1900: Traditionalism Chapter 9: External reflections: ‘national’ Scottish architecture and the empire   \u003cb\u003ePart III: The Twentieth Century\u003c\/b\u003e Chapter 10: 1914 onwards: Scottish architectural identity in the age of Modernism Conclusion:   The architecture of Unionist Nationalism – and its international significance  Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738598879575,"sku":"9781350166165","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350166165.jpg?v=1720049606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scotch-baronial-9781350166165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}