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The Third Duke of Buccleuch and Adam Smith: Estate Management and Improvement in Enlightenment Scotland (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book examines the career of Henry Scott, third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812), with particular focus on his relationship with his tutor and friend, the philosopher Adam Smith, and the management of his extensive Scottish estates.
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The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920: Aristocratic Decline, Estate Management and Land Reform (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This volume is a study of the Sutherland Estate, one of the most famous landed estates in the Highlands and Britain as a whole, principally for its leading role in the Highland Clearances of the early nineteenth century.
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The Scottish Soldier and Empire, 1854-1902 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The Scottish Soldier and Empire, 1854-1902 reflects upon the iconic role of the Scottish soldier as an empire builder from the Crimean War to the end of the nineteenth century.
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Scottish Women: A Documentary History, 1780-1914 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Drawing on a wide range of source materials from across Scotland, this sourcebook provides new insights into women’s attitudes to the society in which they lived, and how they negotiated their identities within private and public life.
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Scottish Presbyterians and the Act of Union 1707 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Focusing predominantly on the period between April 1706 and January 1707, the book examines the attitudes and reactions of Presbyterians to the treaty and challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the role of the church and other groups during the debate.
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Scotland and the French Revolutionary War, 1792-1802 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Scotland and the French Revolutionary War, 1792-1802 aims to provide an up-dated discussion of the nature and extent of Scottish support for the British state in the 1790s.
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Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland: Commemoration, Nationality and Memory (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
At a time when the Union between Scotland and England is once again under the spotlight, Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland examines the way in which Scotland’s national heroes were once remembered as champions of both Scottish and British patriotism.
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Religion and National Identity: Governing Scottish Presbyterianism in the Eighteenth Century (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Presbyterian legacy in contemporary Scottish historiography, at the same time as informing current debates on national identity.
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'Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen': Medieval Maritime Law and its Practice in Urban Northern Europe (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This volume is an important addition to the history of Scotland and European law, utilising innovative... Læs mere
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No Stone Unturned: A History of Farming, Landscape and Environment in the Scottish Highlands and Islands (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A survey of how Highland society organised its farming communities, exploited its resource base and interacted with its environment from prehistory to 1914
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Land, Faith and the Crofting Community: Christianity and Social Criticism in the Highlands of Scotland 1843-1893 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Probes the deep-rooted links between the land, the people and the religious culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the nineteenth century.
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Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300-1625: Essays in Honour of Jenny Wormald (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This book brings unusually brings together work on 15th century and the 16th century Scottish history, asking... Læs mere
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