ENGLISH

Revolving Culture: Notes from the Scottish Republic

Book information

Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd
Year
1994
ISBN
9780755623068, 9781850436478
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
53 MB (55270611 bytes)
Pages
\286
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 19:06:58

Description

In this book, Angus Calder explores the culture of Scotland, one of Europe's oldest nations. Offering a rich mix of social history, cultural observation, and a sharp sense of politics, Calder looks at Scotland as a place that has throughout its history had a strong democratic tradition. The period since the 1707 Treaty of Union with England has seen a nation with a quite distinct and independent identity, and it is no surprise that the decaying imperial state to its south, lumbered with anachronistic institutions and byzantine class distinctions, has latterly held little allure. Calder's writings on 'republican' Scotland are lively and insightful, and raise questions about nationalism and the future of the 'United' Kingdom in ways that cannot now be ignored.

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