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The Autonomy of Modern Scotland / Lindsay Paterson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748605255
  • 9781474471572
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Forms of Autonomy -- 3 Eighteenth-Century Scotland -- 4 Scotland in the Nineteenth Century -- 5 The Autonomy of Small Nations in Nineteenth-Century Europe -- 6 Scottish Autonomy in the UK Welfare State -- 7 Autonomy in Twentieth-Century Europe and North America -- 8 The End of the Bureaucratic State? -- Bibliographic Essay -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: How much independence can a small country like Scotland have? Lindsay Paterson argues that throughout the last 300 years the nature of Scottish independence has changed frequently. While nationalists have successfully challenged old forms of autonomy, pragmatic unionists have influenced the outcome of these protests, negotiating workable compromises with England and the wider world.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Forms of Autonomy -- 3 Eighteenth-Century Scotland -- 4 Scotland in the Nineteenth Century -- 5 The Autonomy of Small Nations in Nineteenth-Century Europe -- 6 Scottish Autonomy in the UK Welfare State -- 7 Autonomy in Twentieth-Century Europe and North America -- 8 The End of the Bureaucratic State? -- Bibliographic Essay -- Bibliography -- Index

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How much independence can a small country like Scotland have? Lindsay Paterson argues that throughout the last 300 years the nature of Scottish independence has changed frequently. While nationalists have successfully challenged old forms of autonomy, pragmatic unionists have influenced the outcome of these protests, negotiating workable compromises with England and the wider world.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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