Possible Scotlands

Author : Caroline McCracken-Flesher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0198037910

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Possible Scotlands by Caroline McCracken-Flesher Pdf

No thanks to Walter Scott, Scotland has at last regained its parliament. If this statement sounds extreme, it echoes the tone that criticism of Scott and his culture has taken through the twentieth century. Scott is supposed to have provided stories of the past that allowed his country no future--that pushed it "out of history." Scotland has become a place so absorbed in nostalgia that it could not construct a politics for a changing world. Possible Scotlands disagrees. It argues that the tales Scott told, however romanticized, also provided for a national future. They do not tell the story of a Scotland lost in time and lacking value. Instead they open up a narrative space where the nation is always imaginable. This book reads across Scott's complex characters and plots, his many personae, his interventions in his nation's nineteenth-century politics, to reveal the author as an energetic producer of literary and national culture working to prevent a simple or singular message. Indeed, Scott invites readers into his texts to develop multiple and forward-looking interpretations of a Scotland always in formation. Scott's texts and his nation are alive in their constant retelling. Scott was an author for Scotland's new times.

Author : Caroline McCracken-Flesher
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195169676

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Possible Scotlands by Caroline McCracken-Flesher Pdf

Is Walter Scott to blame for the limitations of modern Scotland? The author argues that Scott used his position as an author to negotiate an identity for his homeland. The variety of Scott's tales suggest not a Scotland receding into the past, but one energetically alive in the past and future of its telling.

Author : James Lorimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590619146

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The universities of Scotland, past, present, and possible by James Lorimer Pdf

Author : James LORIMER (Professor in the University of Edinburgh.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018414319

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The Universities of Scotland, Past, Present, and Possible. With an Appendix of Documents Relating to the Higher Instruction by James LORIMER (Professor in the University of Edinburgh.) Pdf

Author : Iain McLean
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748696390

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Scotland's Choices by Iain McLean Pdf

Scotland faces its biggest choice since the 1707 union that made the United Kingdom - should Scotland be an independent country? The Yes and No campaigns are well under way but with the vote looming closer the information available to the public is still limited. What will happen after the referendum? What are the international implications? What about the UK's nuclear deterrant, currently housed in Scotland? What happens if the vote is 'No'? Is it even clear what independence will mean? What about the oil? What will the currency be? What will happen to the Old Age Pension pot if the UK splits? Scotland's Choices, now fully revised for the critical last few months before the referendum, does just that. Written by one former civil servant, one academic and one think-tanker - one a resident Scot, one a Scot living in England and one an Englishman - the authors clearly explain the issues you may not have considered and detail how each of the options would be put into place after the referendum.

Author : Frank Cooney
Publisher : Hodder Gibson
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-16
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781510474581

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Essential SQA Exam Practice: Higher Modern Studies Questions and Papers by Frank Cooney Pdf

Exam board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Modern Studies First teaching: September 2018 First exam: Summer 2019 Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Modern Studies exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions for every question type and topic, plus two full practice papers. - Choose to revise by question type or topic: A simple grid enables you to pick particular question styles or course areas that you want to focus on, with answers provided at the back of the book - Understand what the examiner is looking for: Clear guidance on how to answer each question type is followed by plenty of questions so you can put the advice into practice, building essential exam skills - Remember more in your exam: Repeated and extended practice will give you a secure knowledge of the key areas of the course (democracy in Scotland and the United Kingdom; social issues in the United Kingdom; international issues) - Familiarise yourself with the exam papers: Both practice papers mirror the language and layout of the real SQA papers; complete them in timed, exam-style conditions to increase your confidence before the exams - Find out how to achieve a better grade: Answers to the practice papers have commentaries for each question, with tips on writing successful answers and avoiding common mistakes Fully up to date with SQA's requirements The questions, mark schemes and guidance in this practice book match the requirements of the revised SQA Higher Modern Studies specification for examination from 2019 onwards.

Author : Duncan McTavish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317391890

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Politics in Scotland by Duncan McTavish Pdf

Politics in Scotland is an authoritative introduction to the contemporary political landscape in Scotland and an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Scottish Politics. Written by leading experts in the field, it is coherently organised to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of a range of themes in contemporary Scottish Politics. Key topics include: • Government and electoral behaviour. • Representation and political parties in Scotland. • Public policy and Scotland’s relationship with the rest of the world. • Scottish politics both in the run up to and after the 2014 referendum. • The Future of Scottish government and politics. This textbook will be essential reading for students of Scottish politics, British Politics, devolution, government and policy.

Author : Laura Monrós-Gaspar
Publisher : Universitat de València
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9788491342618

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Re-Thinking Literary Identities by Laura Monrós-Gaspar Pdf

Great Britain is changing, and so is Europe. The aim of this book, therefore, is to reflect upon the processes of (re)creation of art and literature within and against the backdrop of the shifting paradigms of the world as we know it. At a time when the political relations between Great Britain, Europe and the rest of the world are being redefined, this book examines the (de)construction of modern identities through the (de)codification of classical and contemporary mythologies.

Author : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Scotland
ISBN : WISC:89007878630

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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063324649

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The Scottish Law Review and Reports of Cases in the Sheriff Courts of Scotland by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hazel Genn,Alan Paterson
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781841130408

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Paths to Justice Scotland by Hazel Genn,Alan Paterson Pdf

Reporting from a survey they conducted, legal scholars Genn (U. College London) and Paterson (Strathclyde U.) analyze on the behavior of the public in Scotland in dealing with non-trivial justiciable civil problems and disputes, as potential pursuers or potential defenders. They include the widest range of events experienced by individuals as private people for which legal remedies are available under the civil justice system. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John Dove Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Civil procedure
ISBN : BL:A0026608863

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Handbook of Practice in Civil Causes in the Sheriff-Courts of Scotland; with an Appendix of Statutes and Acts of Sederunt by John Dove Wilson Pdf

Author : Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3021691

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Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland by Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Pdf

Author : H. Dalley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137450098

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The Postcolonial Historical Novel by H. Dalley Pdf

The Postcolonial Historical Novel is the first systematic work to examine how the historical novel has been transformed by its appropriation in postcolonial writing. It proposes new ways to understand literary realism, and explores how the relationship between history and fiction plays out in contemporary African and Australasian writing.

Author : Anthony Slaven
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136588679

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The Development of the West of Scotland 1750-1960 by Anthony Slaven Pdf

The economic and social problems of modern Scotland are at the centre of current debate about regional economic growth, social improvement and environmental rehabilitation. In this book, as relevant today as when it was first published in 1975, Anthony Slaven argues that the extent and causes of these problems are frequently underestimated, thus making development policies less than fully effective. The major economic and social weaknesses of the west of Scotland are shown to be rooted in the regions former strengths. The author demonstrates how, although the region and its people have resisted change, a thriving and self reliant nineteenth-century economy , based on local resources and manpower, has given way in the present century to vanishing skills and products, unemployment and social deprivation. Since 1945 economic and social planning has helped to improve the situation, although many difficulties remain. Seen in the historical perspective provided by this revealing study, the present industrial problems of the west of Scotland, and their remedies, become clearer. Mr Slaven argues that the older industries deserve more help, for without this, he believes, the ineffectiveness of development policies is likely to be perpetuated. This book was first published in 1975.