Union and Revolution
Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1745
Published on 5. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4744-1017-5 (ISBN)
Description
Union, war, conquest, revolution, attempted invasions, and armed rebellions: this was an eventful time even by the standards of Scotland's turbulent history. At the same time, traditional notions of kinship and community came under strain as profound economic changes reshaped social relations and created new opportunities.
Laura A. M. Stewart and Janay Nugent explore the creative volatility of the Anglo-Scottish relationship within a European and transatlantic context. Scotland's integration into the burgeoning British imperial state proved easier for some than others; it also drew Scots into the global slave trade. This is a stimulating account of a contentious period, knowledge of which is crucial for an understanding of British history and the politics of today.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series radically updates Rosalind Mitchison's Lordship to Patronage (1983), covering Scotland's history, 1625-1745.
Laura A. M. Stewart and Janay Nugent explore the creative volatility of the Anglo-Scottish relationship within a European and transatlantic context. Scotland's integration into the burgeoning British imperial state proved easier for some than others; it also drew Scots into the global slave trade. This is a stimulating account of a contentious period, knowledge of which is crucial for an understanding of British history and the politics of today.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series radically updates Rosalind Mitchison's Lordship to Patronage (1983), covering Scotland's history, 1625-1745.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-1017-5 (9781474410175)
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Persons
Dr Laura A.M. Stewart is Professor of early modern British history at the University of York. Her many publications on political culture, state formation, print and scribal circulation, and Anglo-Scottish relations include: Urban Politics and the British Civil Wars: Edinburgh, 1617-53 (Leiden, 2006) and Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-51 (Edinburgh, 2016; pbk 2018), which was short-listed for the Longman-History Today prize and awarded the American Historical Association Morris D. Forkosch Prize 2017. Janay Nugent is Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Her research specialisation is gender, family and youth in early modern Scotland. She is co-editor with Elizabeth Ewan of Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (Ashgate, 2008) and Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (Boydell, 2015), as well as co-author with Laura A. M. Stewart of Union and Revolution: Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1745 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), shortlisted for the Scotland's National Book Awards in 2021 (Saltire Society Scotland / Comannn Crann Na H-Alba).
Content
Preface; List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Early Stuart Scotland: Britain, Europe, And BeyondPart One: Scotland and The Formation Of BritainChapter 1. Covenants and ConquestChapter 2. Restoration and RevolutionChapter 3. The Union Of 1707Chapter 4. Hanoverian Scotland: Whigs and Tories, Unionists and JacobitesPart Two: Cultures, Communities, and Institutions In Early Modern ScotlandChapter 5. Politics and ParticipationChapter 6. Religious Cultures?Chapter 7. Community, Household, Gender, and AgeChapter 8. Art and ArchitectureConclusion: North BritonsFurther Reading; Index