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An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years' War to the present day

The Global History 1603 to the Present. A global history of Scotland, from 1603 to the present one which situates the country within the context of the British Empire and Europe.

The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban studies theory, it pinpoints the distinctive features that made Enlightenment in the Scottish capital possible.

*APPROVED & CHECKED* Why did Enlightenment happen in Edinburgh? This is a study of Enlightenment in Edinburgh like no other. Using data and models provided by urban innovation and Smart City theory, it pinpoints the distinctive features that made Enlightenment in the Scottish capital possible. In a journey packed with evidence and incident, Murray Pittock explores various civic networks - such as the newspaper and printing businesses, the p...

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The 1890s, the Naughty Nineties, was an exciting and flamboyant time in British life and literature. First published in 1993, this title traces the genesis of the literary culture of the 1890s through some of the popular novels and literary texts of the period. By examining works by such writers as Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, W. B. Yeats, and Walter Pater, Murray Pittock analyses the nature of the `Decadent erä and the artistic theories of Symbo...

The last genuine rebellion on British soil, the Jacobite rising of 1745 forms one of the greatest `what ifs' of British history. If Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops had defeated the forces of George II, it is fair to say that the entire subsequent course of the country's history would have been dizzyingly changed.Jacobitism is a comprehensive study of the Stuart dynasty's attempts to regain the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in the eig...

A wide-ranging popular history of a small nation that has had a disproportionate influence on culture, trade and industry throughout the world. Murray Pittock presents a full narrative history, and brings into play issues of geography, language, identity, religion, politics, science and ideas.

The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Romanticism Edited by Murray Pittock Bringing together an international group of experts, this companion explores a distinctly Scottish Romanticism. Discussing the most influential texts and authors in depth, the original essays shed new critical light on texts from Macpherson's Ossian poetry to Hogg's Confessions of a Justified Sinner, and from Scott's Waverley Novels to the work of John Galt. As well as de...

The second edition of this revolutionary book argues that British history has long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland.

In a challenge to existing accounts of Romanticism, Murray Pittock provides a broad re-reading of British Romanticism. Locating Scottish and Irish Romantic writing in the wider context of the British Isles, he explores the dialogue between national traditions through a detailed consideration of a range of Scottish, Irish, and English writers.

In a challenge to existing accounts of Romanticism, Murray Pittock provides a broad re-reading of British Romanticism. Locating Scottish and Irish Romantic writing in the wider context of the British Isles, he explores the dialogue between national traditions through a detailed consideration of a range of Scottish, Irish, and English writers.

Situates Burns's songs within their textual history and musical context~Provides a systematic presentation of textual variants~Distinguishes clearly for the first time between Burns as author and as editor~Provides the fullest understanding to date of the world in which the Scots Musical Museum was collected, edited, and produced

Collection of essays examining the reception, influence and impact of Sir Walter Scott in Europe

The Road to Independence? - now available in a revised and expanded Second Edition - describes the rise of modern Scottish nationalism and also explains Scotland's historic role within Britain, and how this has changed radically in the last 50 years. The Second Edition features a new Foreword by First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond.

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The story of one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

This is the first and only guide to Scottish Romanticism. It captures the best of critical debate as well as presenting exciting new approaches to a distinctively Scottish Romanticism in literary theory, religious studies, music and song and the thematic use of non standard English.

Redefinition of the Augustan age as a 'four nations' history using popular literary sources.