The Oxford Companion to Scottish History has more than 170 expert contributors. It interprets history broadly, including archaeology, architecture, climate, culture, folk belief, geology, and the langauages of Scotland. It covers more than 20 centuries of history, including immigrants, migrants, and emigrants. It extends from Orkney and Shetland to Galloway, the Western Isles to the Borders. It deals extensively with Scots abroad, from Canada to Russia to New Zealand. More than 500,000 words in length, it is comprehensive. It includes entries on historical figures from Columba, Macbeth, and William Wallace to James (Paraffin) Young. It covers Burns Clubs, curling, and shinty. It ranges from clans to Clearances and Covenanters. The Oxford Companion to Scottish History has a broader range of topics and approches, and a more much more authoritative list of contributors than any of its competitors. It also stands alone in providing analysis of issues such as national identity and living standards.
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`The Oxford Companion provides a treasure trove of informed entries . . . .This book will become the main point of entry for both serious and casual readers of Scottish history; it can be read for pleasure and information in its own right, or, more likely, used as a reference tool for occasional consultation' History Today 01/05/02
`compelling reading . . . a handy and entertaining reference' Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15/12/2001
`Michael Lynch's exemplary and wonderfully readable The Oxford Companion to Scottish History' Financial Times 30/12/01
`the Oxford Companion is an essential purchase for anyone wo wants or needs to know about any aspect of Scotland' Herald ( Glasgow), 29/10/01
`a good browse' Herald (Glasgow), 20/10/01
`compelling reading . . . a handy and entertaining reference' Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15/12/2001
`Michael Lynch's exemplary and wonderfully readable The Oxford Companion to Scottish History' Financial Times 30/12/01
`the Oxford Companion is an essential purchase for anyone wo wants or needs to know about any aspect of Scotland' Herald ( Glasgow), 29/10/01
`a good browse' Herald (Glasgow), 20/10/01
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Michael Lynch is Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeolgraphy at the University of Edinburgh. He is Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and President of the Historical Association of Scotland.
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Thoroughly researched and written in a spirited and approachable style, here is a comprehensive coverage of Scotland's rich past. Truly an encyclopedic reference to a complex story with unparalleled insight. This is a book for lovers of a fascinating history! Dag Stomberg
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The modern city of Aberdeen has as its nucleus two medieval burghs: Old Aberdeen, the small settlement beside Don, dominated by St Machar's cathedral; and New Aberdeen, the commercial burgh concentrated on the Dee. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
absentee kingship, architectural styles and features, tish history, tish society, rough culture, burgage plots, blackband ironstone, respectable culture, other burghs, kilted regiments, staple ports, seasonal customs, historical clubs, schools and schooling, crofting community, geology and landscape, medicine and the origins, new farm buildings, incorporating union, burgh councils, crofting communities, democratic intellect, common ridings, childbirth and infancy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Church of Scotland, Free Church, Middle Ages, Low Countries, First World War, Roman Catholic, Second World War, Dál Riata, New Zealand, Sir James, Great Britain, Mael Coluim, North America, Irish Home Rule, Labour Party, New Year, British Empire, High Street, North Sea, Auld Alliance, Bank of Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Bruce, Napoleonic Wars, Sir John New!
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The modern city of Aberdeen has as its nucleus two medieval burghs: Old Aberdeen, the small settlement beside Don, dominated by St Machar's cathedral; and New Aberdeen, the commercial burgh concentrated on the Dee. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Church of Scotland, Free Church, Middle Ages, Low Countries, First World War, Roman Catholic, Second World War, Dál Riata, New Zealand, Sir James, Great Britain, Mael Coluim, North America, Irish Home Rule, Labour Party, New Year, British Empire, High Street, North Sea, Auld Alliance, Bank of Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Bruce, Napoleonic Wars, Sir John New!
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- The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections by Adam Smith on 4 pages
- History of Scotland: Works of William Robertson by William Robertson on 4 pages
- The Transformation of Rural Scotland: Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660-1815 by T. M. Devine on 4 pages
- Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis (Canongate Classic) by David Lindsay on page 122, page 128, and page 130
- The People's Clearance: Highland Emigration to British North America, 1770-1815 by J.M. Bumsted in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Gender in Scottish History Since 1700 by Lynn Abrams on page 11, page 12, and page 193
- Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug by Diarmuid Jeffreys in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scottish Fiction and the British Empire by Douglas S. Mack on page 202, and page 223
- Who are the Scots/The Scottish Nation by Gordon Menzies in Back Matter
- The Illustrated History of Scotland by Chris Tabraham in Back Matter
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