Scotland's Empire: The Origins of the Global Diaspora
Autor T. M. Devineen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iul 2012
By 1820 Britain controlled a fifth of the world's population, and no people had made a more essential contribution than the Scots - working across the globe as soldiers and merchants, administrators and clerics, doctors and teachers.
In this widely praised book, T. M. Devine - acclaimed author ofThe Scottish NationandTo the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora -traces the vital part Scotland played in creating an empire - and the fundamental effect this had in moulding the modern Scottish nation.
'A tour de force ... Tom Devine is the pre-eminent historian of modern Scotland'
Niall Ferguson, author ofEmpire
'Captivating ... tells the story of the Scots who put their marching boots on, or were forced into them, to start a new life abroad'
Barclay McBain,Herald
'A fascinating work, replete with telling detail'
Allan Massie,Literary Review
'Nobody has done more over the past thirty years to bring Scottish historiography into rigorous and unsentimental alignment with developments elsewhere than Tom Devine'
Colin Kidd,The Times Literary Supplement
'Captivating ... tells the story of the Scots who put their marching boots on, or were forced into them, to start a new life abroad'
Economist
T.M. Devine, OBE is University Research Professor and Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. His other books includeThe Scottish NationandTo the Ends of the Earth.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780718193195
ISBN-10: 0718193199
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: maps
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0718193199
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: maps
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
T.M.
Devine
(OBE)
is
University
Research
Professor
and
Director
of
the
Research
Institute
of
Irish
and
Scottish
Studies
at
the
University
of
Aberdeen.
Recenzii
Scotland's
Empireis
a
fascinating
work,
replete
with
telling
detail
and
continually
throwing
out
observations
which
invite
further
speculation
A book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in history, or who simply enjoys a good story, well told
The history of the British empire will never look the same after this book
Tom Devine, Scotland's foremost historian, follows up his majesticThe Scottish Nationwith a forensic analysis of Scotland's central role in the British Empire ... Devine creates a book that suits post-devolution Scotland - we only have ourselves to understand
As a sophisticated and clearly argued statement of Scots and Empire this book could hardly be bettered
A book that will be enjoyed by anyone interested in history, or who simply enjoys a good story, well told
The history of the British empire will never look the same after this book
Tom Devine, Scotland's foremost historian, follows up his majesticThe Scottish Nationwith a forensic analysis of Scotland's central role in the British Empire ... Devine creates a book that suits post-devolution Scotland - we only have ourselves to understand
As a sophisticated and clearly argued statement of Scots and Empire this book could hardly be bettered