Beveridge, Craig & Turnbull, Ronald
The Eclipse of Scottish Culture
Polygon: 1989
Paperback ISBN:0 7486 6009 7 £8.99
Donnachie, Ian & Whetley, Christopher(Ed)
The Manufacture of Scottish History
Polygon: 1992
Paperback ISBN:0 7486 6120 4 £9.95
Grant, L.F.
Highland Folkways
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Routledge: 1975
392pp, 216 x 138mm
Study of customs and folklore in the Scottish highlands.
Paperback ISBN:0 415 00226 5 £8.99
Harvie, Chris
Fool's Gold: the Story of North Sea Oil
general level
Penguin: 09 1995
384pp 198 x 129
This is a survey of the essentially disastrous handling of North Sea oil stocks and revenue squandered and the implications for Scotland and the rest of Britain. Technology, finance, organizational bodies, political change and development are analyzed.
Paperback ISBN:0 14 017612 8 £8.99
Harvie, Christopher
No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland since 1914
general, undergraduate level
Edinburgh UP: 09 1992
192pp 216 x 138: Further reading, index
Series: the new history of Scotland
Tells the tale of Scotland's 20th century decline from a world industrial power. The author records the pressures and events which have shaped Scotland's history since 1911, and gives insights into the resulting effect upon Scottish culture and society.
Paperback ISBN:0 7486 0387 5 £9.50
Harvie, Christopher
Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics, 1707 1994
undergraduate postgraduate level
Routledge: 03 1994
236pp 216 x 138
Dewey class: 941.1
This second edition takes account of the output of Scottish historians in the 1980s. Beneath the political level, Harvie sees the evolution of a "civic republicanism" which, unless checked by real measures of federalism, renders the future of the Union with England unpromising.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 09040 7 £35.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 09041 5 £13.99
MacDiarmid, Hugh
Contemporary Scottish Studies
general level
Carcanet Press: 08 1995
352pp 218 x 132
Series: MacDiarmid 2000
These essays, first published between 1925 and 1927, propose a radical overhaul and a new construction of Scotland's cultural identity. MacDiarmid focuses on poetry and the novel, on theatre, art, music, history and education, and also on writing by women in Scotland.
Hardback ISBN:1 85754 130 8 £25.00
McCrone, David & Kendrick, Stephen et al (Eds)
Making of Scotland: Nation Culture and Social Change
professional level
Edinburgh UP: July 1989
256pp
This book explores Scotland's culture and its identity as a nation. Looks at its political and social values and how these have changed and developed in recent years. "The range of subject matter adds to the credibility of the book as a contribution to wider debate..." (GLASGOW HERALD)
Hardback ISBN:0 85224 631 5 £29.50
Paperback ISBN:0 85224 658 7
McCrone, David
Understanding Scotland: the Sociology of a Stateless Nation
undergraduate postgraduate level
Routledge: 06 1992
256pp 216 x 138: Bibliography
Series: International Library of Sociology
Central to current sociological concerns, Scotland survived the 1707 Union as a distinctive civil society. This book examines Scotland as a test case for the notion that the quest for self determination occurs in the context of major shifts in political and social arrangements at the global level.
Hardback ISBN:0 415 06747 2 £35.00
Paperback ISBN:0 415 06748 0 £11.99
Marr, Andrew
The Battle for Scotland
general, undergraduate level
Penguin Books: 1995
272pp, 198 x 129mm, Further reading, index
This an account of the distinctive story of Scottish politics, from the collapse of Liberalism, the rise of radical Labour and of the Scottish National Party, to more recent Tory rule and the complexities of contemporary nationalism.
Paperback ISBN:0 14 024639 8 £6.99
Midwinter, Arthur & Keating, Michael et al
Politics and Public Policy in Scotland
undergraduate, professional level
Macmillan Press: 01 1991
240pp 216 x 138
Dewey class: 320.9411
A treatment of the state of Scottish government. While maintaining that Scottish politics exists, the authors argue that its nature and position within the United Kingdom is widely misunderstood.
Hardback ISBN:0 333 52265 6 £35.00
Paperback ISBN:0 333 52266 4 £10.99
Ross, Anne
Folklore of the Scottish Highlands
general level
Batsford: 1990
176pp
The author collected the material for this book during fieldwork with crofting communities. She portrays local beliefs and customs in the light of Celtic and Scottish history.
Hardback ISBN:0 71345 447 4 £8.99
Smout, T.C. & Wood, Sydney
Scottish Voices 1745 - 1960
general level
Fontana Press: 05 1991
348pp 198 x 130
Dewey class: 941.108
Examines aspects of the social history of Scotland from 1745 to 1960, using the themes of work, love, celebration, religion, sickness, shopping and travel, to illustrate the history of ordinary people doing everyday things.
Paperback ISBN:0 00 686216 0 £8.99
Whyte, Christopher (Ed)
Gendering the Nation: Studies in Modern Scottish Literature
undergraduate, postgraduate level
Edinburgh UP: 05 1995
224pp 216 x 138
Challenging existing perspectives on Scottish gender, these contributions connect gender issues with issues of national identity. Examining new and rediscovered writing, the contributors consider texts which help redefine what it means to be Scottish in the 1990s.
Paperback ISBN:0 7486 0619 X £12.95
