New Penguin History Of Scotland, The: From The Earliest Times

Description: Drawing on research from a wide range of disciplines as well as history - archaeology, social sciences, economics, science, religion and literature - this is a comprehensive history of Scotland's peopled past from the scarcely documented Neolithic period to the parliament of 2000. Each chapter goes beyond the stories of kings, bishops and battles, bringing to life the history of the material environment, family and community and the mass of the Scottish people.



Contents: Prehistory, Ian Armit; the formation of the Scottish kingdom, Thomas Owen Clancy and Barbara E. Crawford; Mediaeval Scotland, 1100-1560, David Ditchburn and Alastair J. MacDonald; reformation to union, 1560-1707, Keith M. Brown; from the union of 1707 to the franchise reform of 1832, Bruce P. Lenman; civil society, governance and nation, 1832-1914, Graeme Morton and R.J. Morris; the 20th century, 1914-1979, John Foster; Scotland after 1978 - from referendum to millennium, Christopher Harvie.



Author Biography: Rab Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews. William Knox is Head of the Department of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews.