Cameron, Ewen A.

Impaled upon a thistle : Scotland since 1880 / Ewen A Cameron - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, - xiv, 433 p. ; 24 cm. - The new Edinburgh history of Scotland v. 10 . - The new Edinburgh history of Scotland v. 10 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-420) and index.

Progress and poverty : Scottish society, 1880 to 1914 -- Enterprise and initiative : the Scottish economy, 1880 to 1939 -- 'An exuberant verbosity' : Scottish politics in the 1880s -- 'Volcanic upheavals' : Scottish politics before the Great War -- 'Ower the Hill' -- Poverty without progress? Scottish society in the inter-war period -- 'Miracles and politics don't mix' : political change in the inter-war period -- Total war, 1939 to 1945 -- The social revolution : Scottish society since 1945 -- The end of industrial Scotland : the economy since 1945 -- Unionist Scotland : politics, 1945 to 1970 -- The 1970s : a decade of Scottish politics -- Mothering devolution : Scottish politics, 1979 to 1997 -- New Labour, new parliament, new Scotland?

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Nationalism--History.--Scotland
National characteristics, Scottish.


Scotland--History--19th century.
Scotland--History--20th century.
Scotland--Politics and government.

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