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==Current==
==Current==
* Keating, Michael. ''The Government of Scotland'' (2005)
* Keating, Michael. ''The Government of Scotland'' (2005)
* Keay, John and Keay, Julia, eds.  ''Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland.'' 2nd ed. 2001. 1102 pp.   
* Keay, John and Keay, Julia, eds.  ''Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland.'' (2nd ed. 2001). 1102 pp.   
* Lynch, Peter. ''Scottish Government and Politics'' (2nd ed 2006)
* Lynch, Peter. ''Scottish Government and Politics'' (2nd ed 2006)
* Lynch, Peter.  ''SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party.'' Welsh Academic Press, 2002. 267 pp.   
* Lynch, Peter.  ''SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party.'' Welsh Academic Press, 2002. 267 pp.   
* McCrone, David. ''Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Nation'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Scotland-Sociology-International-Library/dp/041525163X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]; [http://www.questia.com/read/102812448 online edition]
* McCrone, David. ''Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Nation'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Scotland-Sociology-International-Library/dp/041525163X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]; [http://www.questia.com/read/102812448 online edition]
*  Macleod, Iseabail, ed.  ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Scotland.'' Washington: Oyster, 2004. 400 pp.   
*  Macleod, Iseabail, ed.  ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Scotland.'' (2004). 400 pp.   
* Phillips, Jim. ''The Industrial Politics of Devolution: Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s'' (2008)
* Phillips, Jim. ''The Industrial Politics of Devolution: Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s'' (2008)
* Schoene, Berthold. ''The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature'' (2007), 560pp
* Schoene, Berthold. ''The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature'' (2007), 560pp
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* Wright, Ale. ''Who Governs Scotland'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Routledge-Advances-European-Politics/dp/0714655139/ref=sr_1_7/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191500880&sr=1-7 excerpt and text search]
* Wright, Ale. ''Who Governs Scotland'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Routledge-Advances-European-Politics/dp/0714655139/ref=sr_1_7/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191500880&sr=1-7 excerpt and text search]
==History==
==History==
===Surveys===
see the bibliography under [[Scotland, history]]
* Devine. T. M. ''The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2000'' (2001) magistral [http://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Nation-History-1700-2000/dp/0141002344/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
===Reference===
* Devine, Tom, Clive Lee, and George Peden. ''The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Scotland-Economy-since-1700/dp/0748614338/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]
 
* Donaldson, Gordon and Robert S. Morpeth. ''A Dictionary of Scottish History.'' (1977).  
* Donaldson, Gordon and Robert S. Morpeth. ''A Dictionary of Scottish History.'' (1977).  
* Donnachie, Ian and George Hewitt. ''Dictionary of Scottish History.'' HarperCollins, 2001. 384 pp.   
* Donnachie, Ian and George Hewitt. ''Dictionary of Scottish History.'' (2001). 384 pp.  ISBN 0-00-714710-4
* Ewan, Elisabeth et al eds. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004. '' (2006)
* Ewan, Elisabeth et al eds. ''The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004. '' (2006)  
* Ferguson, W. ''Scotland: 1689 to the Present Day'' (1968), Edinburgh History of Scotland
* Lynch, Michael, ed. ''The Oxford Companion to Scottish History.'' (2007). 732 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Companion-Scottish-History-Paperback-Reference/dp/0199234825/ref=pd_bbs_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202065206&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search]
* Finlay, Richard J. ''Modern Scotland, 1914-2000.'' 2006. 424 pp.   
* McNeill, Peter G.B. and Hector L. MacQueen, eds. ''Atlas of Scottish History to 1707.'' Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists and Department of Geography, 1996.
* Herman, Arthur. ''How the Scots Invented the Modern Word: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It.'' 2001. 384 pp. 
* Panton, Kenneth J. and Keith A. Cowlard. ''Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Vol. 2: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.'' Scarecrow, 1998. 465 pp.   
* Lynch, Michael, ed. ''The Oxford Companion to Scottish History.'' Oxford U. Press, 2001. 732 pp. 
 
* McNeill, Peter G.B. and Hector L. MacQueen, eds. ''Atlas of Scottish History to 1707.'' Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists and Department of Geography, 1996.
===General histories===
* Magnusson, Magnus.  ''Scotland: The Story of a Nation.'' Grove/Atlantic, 2001. 752 pp.   
 
* Houston, R.A. and W. Knox (eds), ''New Penguin History of Scotland'', (2001). ISBN 0-14-026367-5
* Mackie, J. D., Bruce Lenman, and Geoffrey Parker. ''A History of Scotland'' (1984) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Scotland-Penguin/dp/0140136495/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* MacLean, Fitzroy, and Magnus Linklater. '' Scotland: A Concise History'' (2nd ed. 2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Concise-History-Fitzroy-MacLean/dp/0500282331/ref=pd_bbs_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202065206&sr=8-6 excerpt and text search] 
* Magnusson, Magnus.  ''Scotland: The Story of a Nation.'' (2001). 752 pp.   
* Mitchison, Rosalind. ''A History of Scotland'' Routledge: 3rd ed 2002, 468pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102814853 online edition]
* Mitchison, Rosalind. ''A History of Scotland'' Routledge: 3rd ed 2002, 468pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102814853 online edition]
* Panton, Kenneth J. and Keith A. Cowlard. ''Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Vol. 2: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.'' Scarecrow, 1998. 465 pp. 
* Paterson, Judy, and Sally J. Collins. ''The History of Scotland for Children'' (2000)  
* Paterson, Judy, and Sally J. Collins. ''The History of Scotland for Children'' (2000)  
* Smout, T.C., ''A History of the Scottish People'', 1969
* Smout, T.C., ''A History of the Scottish People'', 1969
* Tabraham, Chris, and Colin Baxter. ''The Illustrated History of Scotland'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1932573011/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link  excerpt and text search]
* Tabraham, Chris, and Colin Baxter. ''The Illustrated History of Scotland'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1932573011/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link  excerpt and text search]
* Watson, Fiona.  ''Scotland; From Prehistory to the Present.'' Tempus, 2003. 286 pp.   
* Watson, Fiona.  ''Scotland; From Prehistory to the Present.'' Tempus, 2003. 286 pp.   
* Wormald, Jenny, ''The New History of Scotland''  1981
* Wormald, Jenny, ''The New History of Scotland''  (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-History-Jenny-Wormald/dp/0198206151/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202065206&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]


===Cultural studies===
===Surveys since 1700===
* Devine, T.M. ''Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815'', (2003). ISBN 0-713-99498-3
* Devine. T. M. ''The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2000'' (2001) magistral [http://www.amazon.com/Scottish-Nation-History-1700-2000/dp/0141002344/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Devine, Tom, Clive Lee, and George Peden. ''The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Scotland-Economy-since-1700/dp/0748614338/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]
* Ferguson, W. ''Scotland: 1689 to the Present Day'' (1968), Edinburgh History of Scotland
* Finlay, Richard J.  ''Modern Scotland, 1914-2000.'' (2006). 424 pp.
* McCaffrey, John F. ''Scotland in the Nineteenth Century'' (1998) 156pp
 
==Cultural studies==
* Abrams, Eleanor et al. ''Gender in Scottish History Since 1700'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Gender-Scottish-History-Since-1700/dp/0748617612/ref=sr_1_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search]
* Abrams, Eleanor et al. ''Gender in Scottish History Since 1700'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Gender-Scottish-History-Since-1700/dp/0748617612/ref=sr_1_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191503180&sr=1-5 excerpt and text search]
*  Anderson, R. D.  ''Education and the Scottish People, 1750-1918.'' Oxford U. Press, 1995. 337 pp.   
*  Anderson, R. D.  ''Education and the Scottish People, 1750-1918.'' Oxford U. Press, 1995. 337 pp.   
* Broadie, Alexander. ''The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/read/107192848 online edition]
* Browen, Ian, ed. ''The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature'' (3 vol 2006)
* Browen, Ian, ed. ''The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature'' (3 vol 2006)
* Brown, Callum G.  ''Religion and Society in Scotland since 1707.'' Edinburgh U. Press, 1997. 219 pp.   
* Brown, Callum G.  ''Religion and Society in Scotland since 1707.'' (1997). 219 pp.   
* Burleigh, J.H.S. ''A Church History of Scotland'' (1962), short and impartial
* Burleigh, J.H.S. ''A Church History of Scotland'' (1962), short and impartial
* Daiches, David. ''A Companion to Scottish Culture'' (1982) [http://www.questia.com/read/98092076 online edition]
* Daiches, David. ''A Companion to Scottish Culture'' (1982) [http://www.questia.com/read/98092076 online edition]
* Dwyer, John.  ''The Age of the Passions: An Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture.'' Tuckwell, 1998. 205 pp.  
* Dwyer, John.  ''The Age of the Passions: An Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture.'' (1998). 205 pp.  
* Ferguson, William. ''The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/read/54868029 online edition]
* Ferguson, William. ''The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/read/54868029 online edition]
* Glendinning, Miles, Ranald MacInnes, Aonghus MacKechnie. ''A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/read/99285689 online edition]  
* Glendinning, Miles, Ranald MacInnes, Aonghus MacKechnie. ''A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/read/99285689 online edition]  
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* Harris, Nathaniel.  ''Heritage of Scotland: A Cultural History of Scotland and Its People.'' Facts on File, 2000. 159 pp.   
* Harris, Nathaniel.  ''Heritage of Scotland: A Cultural History of Scotland and Its People.'' Facts on File, 2000. 159 pp.   
* Levack, Brian. ''Scottish Witch Hunting: Law, Politics and Religion'' (2007)  
* Levack, Brian. ''Scottish Witch Hunting: Law, Politics and Religion'' (2007)  
* McDonald, R. A., ed.  ''History, Literature and Music in Scotland, 700-1560.'' U. of Toronto Press, 2002. 243 pp.   
* McDonald, R. A., ed.  ''History, Literature and Music in Scotland, 700-1560.'' (2002). 243 pp.   
* Mackenzie, D.A. ''Scottish Folklore and Folklife.'' (1935).  
* Mackenzie, D.A. ''Scottish Folklore and Folklife.'' (1935).  
* McEwan, Peter J. M.  ''Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture.'' Wappingers Falls, N.Y.: Antique Collectors Club, 1995. 626 pp.   
* McEwan, Peter J. M.  ''Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture.'' Wappingers Falls, N.Y.: Antique Collectors Club, 1995. 626 pp.   
* Marshall, Rosalind K. ''John Knox.'' Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2000. 244 pp.
* McNeill, F. Marion, ''The Silver Bough'' (volume 1: Scottish Folk-Lore and Folk-Belief), 1989. ISBN 0-86241-231-5
* Petrie, Duncan.  ''Screening Scotland.'' BFI, 2000. 250 pp.  on films  
* Petrie, Duncan.  ''Screening Scotland.'' BFI, 2000. 250 pp.  on films  
* Porter, James. "The Folklore of Northern Scotland: Five Discourses on Cultural Representation." ''Folklore'' vol. 109. 1998. pp 1+ [http://www.questia.com/read/5001382916 online edition]
* Porter, James. "The Folklore of Northern Scotland: Five Discourses on Cultural Representation." ''Folklore'' vol. 109. 1998. pp 1+ [http://www.questia.com/read/5001382916 online edition]
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* Schoene, Berthold. ''The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature'' (2007), 560pp
* Schoene, Berthold. ''The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature'' (2007), 560pp
* Smith, Bill and Skipwith, Selina.  ''A History of Scottish Art.'' Merrell, 2003. 288 pp.   
* Smith, Bill and Skipwith, Selina.  ''A History of Scottish Art.'' Merrell, 2003. 288 pp.   
* Todd, Margo.  ''The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland.'' Yale U. Press, 2002. 450 pp.   
* Todd, Margo.  ''The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland.'' (2002). 450 pp.   
* Walker, Marshall.  ''Scottish Literature since 1707.'' Longman, 1997. 443 pp.  * Withers, Charles W. J. and Wood, Paul, eds.  ''Science and Medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment.'' Tuckwell, 2002. 364 pp.   
* Walker, Marshall.  ''Scottish Literature since 1707.'' (1997). 443 pp.   
* Whatley, Christopher A.  ''Scottish Society, 1707-1830: Beyond Jacobitism, toward Industrialisation.'' Manchester U. Press, 2000. 354 pp.   
* Whatley, Christopher A.  ''Scottish Society, 1707-1830: Beyond Jacobitism, toward Industrialisation.'' (2000). 354 pp.   
* Withers, Charles W. J.  ''Geography, Science, and National Identity: Scotland since 1520.'' Cambridge U. Press, 2001. 312 pp.  
* Withers, Charles W. J.  ''Geography, Science, and National Identity: Scotland since 1520.'' (2001). 312 pp.


===Specialty periods===
==Travel, scenic, and recreation==
* Anderson, A.O. ''Early Sources of Scottish History'' (2 vol 1922)
 
* Barrell, A. D. M. ''Medieval Scotland'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Medieval-Scotland-Cambridge-Textbooks/dp/052158602X/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191479799&sr=8-3 excerpt and tetx search]; [http://www.questia.com/read/105464557 online edition]
* Prebble, John, ''John Prebble's Scotland'' (1986). ISBN 0-14-008239-5
* Barrow, G.W.S. '' Kingship and Unity, Scotland 1000-1316'' (1981), in The New History of Scotland
* Storer, Ralph, ''100 Best Routes on Scottish Mountains'' (1995). ISBN 0-7515-1890-5
* Barrow, Geoffrey. '' Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland'' (2005)  [http://www.amazon.com/Robert-Bruce-Community-Realm-Scotland/dp/0748620222/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191479799&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
 
* Breitenbach, Esther, and  Eleanor Gordon. ''Women in Scottish Society 1800-1945'' (1992) [http://www.questia.com/read/85958065 online edition]
==Popular==
* Brown, Michael. ''The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371'' (2004), New Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol 4
 
* Burton, John Hill. ''The History of Scotland: Volume 1'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Scotland-John-Hill-Burton/dp/0543897060/ref=sr_1_14/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-14 excerpt and text search]
* Prebble, John, ''The King's Jaunt'' (1988). ISBN 1-84158-068-6
* Campbell, Alan.  ''The Scottish Miners, 1874-1939. Vol. 2: Trade Unions and Politics.'' Ashgate, 2000. 433 pp. 
* Prebble, John, ''Glencoe'' (1966). ISBN 0-1400-2897-8
* Campbell, R.H., and J.B.A. Dow. ''A Source Book of Scottish Economic and Social History'' (1968)
* Prebble, John, ''Culloden'' (1961). ISBN 0-1400-2576-6
* Checkland, O. and S. Checkland. ''Industry and Ethos: Scotland 1832 - 1914'' (1989), New History of Scotland [http://www.amazon.com/Industry-Ethos-Scotland-1832-History/dp/0748601023/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]
* Scott, Walter, ''Rob Roy'', (1817) an extremely popular and influential novel re: early 18th century
* Dawson, Jane. ''Reform and Re-creation Scotland, 1488-1587'' (2006), New Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol 6 
* Dickinson, W.C. ''Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603'' (3rd edition, 1977) [http://www.questia.com/read/58543554 online edition]
* Donaldson, Gordon. ''Scotland: James V to James VII'' (1965), Edinburgh History of Scotland
* Duncan, A.A.M. ''Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom'' (1975), Edinburgh History of Scotland
* Ewan, Elizabeth and Meikle, Maureen M., eds.  ''Women in Scotland, c. 1100-c. 1750.'' Tuckwell, 1999. 272 pp. 
*  Goodare, Julian.  ''The Government of Scotland, 1560-1625.'' 2004. 342 pp. 
* Gordon, William M. ''Roman Law, Scots Law and Legal History'' (2007), 352pp
* Grant, Alexander. ''Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306-1469'' (1991), New History of Scotland. [http://www.amazon.com/Independence-Nationhood-Scotland-1306-History/dp/0748602739/ref=sr_1_11/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-11 excerpt and text search]
* Hamilton, H. ''An Economic History of Scotland in the Eighteenth Century'' (1963)
* Harvie, Christopher. ''Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics 1707 to the Present'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Scotland-Nationalism-Scottish-Society-Politics/dp/0415327253/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191500880&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search] [http://www.questia.com/read/108269974 online edition]* Herman, Arthur. ''How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0609809997/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link excerpt and text search] 
* Harvie, Christopher. ''No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Twentieth-Century Scotland'' (1993) [http://www.questia.com/read/59688172 online edition]
* Mackie, J. D.,  Bruce Lenman, and Geoffrey Parker. ''A History of Scotland'' (1984) [http://www.amazon.com/History-Scotland-Penguin/dp/0140136495/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Laslett, John H. M.  ''Colliers across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830-1924.'' U. of Illinois Press, 2000. 314 pp.  focus on coal miners
* Lenman, Bruce P. ''Integration and Enlightenment: Scotland, 1746-1832'' (1993) New History of Scotland [http://www.amazon.com/Integration-Enlightenment-Scotland-1746-1832-History/dp/0748603859/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
* MacDonald, Catriona M. M. and McFarland, E. W.  ''Scotland and the Great War.'' 1999. 200 pp.  World War I
* Nicholson, Ranald. ''Scotland: the Later Middle Ages'' (1974), Edinburgh History of Scotland
* Oram, Richard D. ''Domination and Lordship: Scotland 1070-1230'' (2003), New Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol 3
* Sadler, John.  ''Border Fury: England and Scotland at War, 1296-1568.'' Pearson Longman, 2005. 617 pp. 
* Smout, T. C., Alan R. MacDonald, and Fiona Watson. ''A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920'' (2007)
* Warnicke, Retha M.  ''Mary Queen of Scots.'' Routledge, 2006. 304 pp. 
* Weir, Ronald B.  ''The History of the Distillers Company, 1877-1939: Diversification and Growth in Whisky and Chemicals.'' Oxford U. Press, 1996. 417 pp. 
* Whatley, Christopher A.,  and Derek J. Partick. ''The Scots and the Union'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0748616853/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-4827826-5463040#reader-link excerpt and text search]
* Wormald, Jenny. ''Court, Kirk and Community, Scotland 1470-1625'' (1981), in The New History of Scotland [http://www.amazon.com/Court-Kirk-Community-Scotland-History/dp/0748602763/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191469115&sr=8-6 excerpt and text search]

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Current

  • Keating, Michael. The Government of Scotland (2005)
  • Keay, John and Keay, Julia, eds. Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland. (2nd ed. 2001). 1102 pp.
  • Lynch, Peter. Scottish Government and Politics (2nd ed 2006)
  • Lynch, Peter. SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party. Welsh Academic Press, 2002. 267 pp.
  • McCrone, David. Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Nation (2001) excerpt and text search; online edition
  • Macleod, Iseabail, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Scotland. (2004). 400 pp.
  • Phillips, Jim. The Industrial Politics of Devolution: Scotland in the 1960s and 1970s (2008)
  • Schoene, Berthold. The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Scottish Literature (2007), 560pp
  • Shelby, Barry. Scotland For Dummies (4th ed 2007), a travel guide excerpt and text search
  • Wright, Ale. Who Governs Scotland (2005) excerpt and text search

History

see the bibliography under Scotland, history

Reference

  • Donaldson, Gordon and Robert S. Morpeth. A Dictionary of Scottish History. (1977).
  • Donnachie, Ian and George Hewitt. Dictionary of Scottish History. (2001). 384 pp. ISBN 0-00-714710-4
  • Ewan, Elisabeth et al eds. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women: From the Earliest Times to 2004. (2006)
  • Lynch, Michael, ed. The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. (2007). 732 pp. excerpt and text search
  • McNeill, Peter G.B. and Hector L. MacQueen, eds. Atlas of Scottish History to 1707. Edinburgh: The Scottish Medievalists and Department of Geography, 1996.
  • Panton, Kenneth J. and Keith A. Cowlard. Historical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Vol. 2: Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Scarecrow, 1998. 465 pp.

General histories

  • Houston, R.A. and W. Knox (eds), New Penguin History of Scotland, (2001). ISBN 0-14-026367-5
  • Mackie, J. D., Bruce Lenman, and Geoffrey Parker. A History of Scotland (1984) excerpt and text search
  • MacLean, Fitzroy, and Magnus Linklater. Scotland: A Concise History (2nd ed. 2001) excerpt and text search
  • Magnusson, Magnus. Scotland: The Story of a Nation. (2001). 752 pp.
  • Mitchison, Rosalind. A History of Scotland Routledge: 3rd ed 2002, 468pp online edition
  • Paterson, Judy, and Sally J. Collins. The History of Scotland for Children (2000)
  • Smout, T.C., A History of the Scottish People, 1969
  • Tabraham, Chris, and Colin Baxter. The Illustrated History of Scotland (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Watson, Fiona. Scotland; From Prehistory to the Present. Tempus, 2003. 286 pp.
  • Wormald, Jenny, The New History of Scotland (2005) excerpt and text search

Surveys since 1700

  • Devine, T.M. Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815, (2003). ISBN 0-713-99498-3
  • Devine. T. M. The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2000 (2001) magistral excerpt and text search
  • Devine, Tom, Clive Lee, and George Peden. The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy since 1700 (2005) excerpt and text search
  • Ferguson, W. Scotland: 1689 to the Present Day (1968), Edinburgh History of Scotland
  • Finlay, Richard J. Modern Scotland, 1914-2000. (2006). 424 pp.
  • McCaffrey, John F. Scotland in the Nineteenth Century (1998) 156pp

Cultural studies

  • Abrams, Eleanor et al. Gender in Scottish History Since 1700 (2006) excerpt and text search
  • Anderson, R. D. Education and the Scottish People, 1750-1918. Oxford U. Press, 1995. 337 pp.
  • Browen, Ian, ed. The Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature (3 vol 2006)
  • Brown, Callum G. Religion and Society in Scotland since 1707. (1997). 219 pp.
  • Burleigh, J.H.S. A Church History of Scotland (1962), short and impartial
  • Daiches, David. A Companion to Scottish Culture (1982) online edition
  • Dwyer, John. The Age of the Passions: An Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture. (1998). 205 pp.
  • Ferguson, William. The Identity of the Scottish Nation: An Historic Quest (1998) online edition
  • Glendinning, Miles, Ranald MacInnes, Aonghus MacKechnie. A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day (1996) online edition
  • Hardy, Forsyth. Scotland in Film 1990 online edition
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