Scottish history
Subtitle: the power of the past
By: edited by Edward J. Cowan and Richard J. Finlay.
Contributors: Cowan, Edward J.; Finlay, Richard J.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Historiography -- Scotland.; Scotland -- History.; Scotland -- Historiography.
Description: This book examines the power of the past upon the present. It shows how generations of Scots have exploited and reshaped history to meet the needs of a series of presents, from the conquest of the Picts to the refounding of Parliament.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.