Angles on the English-Speaking World

Editors' Preface; Introductory Thoughts on Scotland, England, Empire and Europe; State, Society and Nation -- The Problem of Scotland; Union and Identity -- Scotland in a Social and Institutional Context; 'Union is not Amalgamation Scotland is a Nation' -- Unionism and Scottishness in the Twentieth Century; Governing Regional Development in Pre-Devolution Scotland -- Thatcherism and the Scottish Development Agency; Beyond the Cringe -- Scottish Nationalism since the 1960s; The Scots Language then and now; That Dear Green Place Rewritten -- Alasdair Gray and Scottish Literary Independence; Five Passports and a Broken Stone -- Tercentenary thoughts in honour of Edward Lhuyd.