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No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland, 1900-2015 (New History of Scotland EUP)
Christopher Harvie
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Description for No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland, 1900-2015 (New History of Scotland EUP)
Paperback. An introductory history that takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. Series: New History of Scotland. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
This is a colourful and stimulating history of modern Scotland. Christopher Harvie brings his inimitable vision to a history of modern Scotland epitomised by political and social change, in what he sees as 'recuperation' through change. This introductory history takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. The novel structure of Harvie's history mirrors that of a grand engineering project, or a structure as complex as the Forth Railway Bridge: 'three periods of change rendered as towers, and two ... Read more
This is a colourful and stimulating history of modern Scotland. Christopher Harvie brings his inimitable vision to a history of modern Scotland epitomised by political and social change, in what he sees as 'recuperation' through change. This introductory history takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. The novel structure of Harvie's history mirrors that of a grand engineering project, or a structure as complex as the Forth Railway Bridge: 'three periods of change rendered as towers, and two ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
New History of Scotland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748682560
SKU
V9780748682560
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About Christopher Harvie
Christopher Harvie is Professor of British Studies at the University of Tubingen.
Reviews for No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland, 1900-2015 (New History of Scotland EUP)
A landmark work of original scholarship...[No Gods and Precious Few Heroes] is hugely informative, compressing a mass of fine detail into the description of broad trends, and ranging widely across economic, social, political and cultural history.
Paul Addison, Scottish Affairs
Paul Addison, Scottish Affairs