
Scotland and the Great War
C. Macdonald(Author)
Tuckwell Press Ltd
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-1-86232-056-7 (ISBN)
Description
A study of the impact of the Great War in Scotland. Topics include: conscientious objection; voluntary recruitment; press coverage; gender and the war; and the Scottish Highlands and the war.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-86232-056-7 (9781862320567)
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Persons
Catriona M.M. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, educated at the universities of St Andrews, Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt, and is currently Reader in Late Modern Scottish History at the University of Glasgow. She is a former editor of the Scottish Historical Review, past president of the Scottish History Society and former Trustee of National Museums Scotland. Her book Whaur Extremes Meet was Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year, 2010, and her book The Caledoniad was winner of the Frank Watson Book Prize for the best book published on Scottish history in 2023 and 2024.
Content
The Territorials - the Scottish military tradition and the Great War, Ian S. Wood; conscientious objection and anti-conscription - an ILP perspective, Bill Kenefick; voluntary recruitment in Scotland, Elaine W. McFarland; the impact of the Great War on the Scottish economy, Clive Lee; the impact of the First World War on the political parties in Scotland, Iain G.C. Hutchison; the Scottish press and the reporting of war (1914-1918), Catriona M.M. Macdonald; piety, gender and war in Scotland in the 1920s, Callum G. Brown; promises and protests - the Great War and the Scottish Highlands, Ewen A. Cameron and Iain J.M. Robertson.