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 Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the world, yet by some it is hardly counted as a nation at all.
This groundbreaking account reveals the diversity of Scotland\'s history and shows how, after the country disappeared from the map as an independent state, it continued to build a Global brand..
From the Thirty Years\' War to Jacobite risings and today\'s ongoing independence debates, Scotland and its diaspora have undergone profound changes.
He explores Scotland and Empire, the rise of nationalism, and the pressures on the country from an increasingly monolithic understanding of Britishness.
In this wide-ranging, deeply researched account, Murray Pittock examines the place of Scotland in the world.
But the story of Scotland is one of innovation, exploration, resistance--and Global consequence.
Neither a colony of England nor a fully equal partner in the British union, Scotland has often been seen as simply a component part of British history.
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 Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the world, yet by some it is hardly counted as a nation at all
