{"product_id":"the-scots-imagination-and-modern-memory-9780748617869","title":"The Scots Imagination and Modern Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll memories invoke imagined pasts, but do the ways we remember share a common imaginary? In seeking to interpret Scottish culture in the recent past as a series of encounters with modernity, this study draws on a wide range of sources to explore relationships between perceptions of place, belonging and identity in one nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tour de force by Andrew Blaikie, who tells us that the Scots didn't invent the modern world; we only imagined it. And in so doing, we have become creatures of those images. -- David McCrone, Edinburgh University A tour de force by Andrew Blaikie, who tells us that the Scots didn't invent the modern world; we only imagined it. And in so doing, we have become creatures of those images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements; List of illustrations; Chapter 1 Scotland and the places of memory; SECTION 1 \tENCOUNTERING MODERNITY: Chapter 2 Before and after modernity: the legacy of Adam Ferguson; Chapter 3\tThe eyes of modernity: John Grierson's sociology;  SECTION II\tPLACING IDENTITIES: Chapter 4\tAmong the wee Nazareths: myths of moral community; Chapter 5 Retrieving 'that invisible leeway': landscapes, cultures, belonging;   SECTION III\tLOCAL VISIONS: Chapter 6 A pattern of islands:  photographs in the cultural account; Chapter 7\tRemembering 'The Forgotten Gorbals'; Chapter 8\tFinding ways home; Index","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404466790743,"sku":"9780748617869","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780748617869.jpg?v=1730486561","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-scots-imagination-and-modern-memory-9780748617869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}