The Road to Home Rule by Christopher Harvie
An illustrated and highly entertaining history of the road to the establishment of Scotland's new parliament.
Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control(reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) -- T. P. Wolf, Indiana State Universty British Politics Group Newsletter It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. -- Donal Dewar This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form -- Murdo Macdonald Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form
Christopher Harvie, Professor of British and Irish Studies at the University of Tübingen, has written extensively on UK and Scottish history. A founder-historian at the Open University, 1969‒80, he is the author of over 16 books, including The Lights of Liberalism (1976), Scotland and Nationalism (1977), The Rise of Regional Europe (1994), Nineteenth-Century Britain (2000), and Scotland: A Short History (2014). He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament, 2007‒11. He spent 2007-11 in Scottish Parliament as MSP (SNP Regional List) for Fife, and was Political Liaison Officer to First Minister Alex Salmond. He has made several TV and Radio documentaries for the BBC and European media concerns, and lectured in Europe, East and West, North America and the Near East. Peter Jones is the Scotland and Northern England Correspondent for The Economist
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| ISBN 13 | 9781902930107 |
| ISBN 10 | 190293010X |
| Title | The Road to Home Rule |
| Author | Christopher Harvie |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 1999-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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