The invention of Scotland : myth and history / Hugh Trevor-Roper

Author:: Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003
Published:: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: xxi, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

The political myth. Scotia's rise to glory? -- George Buchanan -- Buchanan's nemesis -- The literary myth. The search for a Celtic Homer -- James Macpherson and Fingal -- The controversy over Ossian -- The sartorial myth. The coming of the kilt -- The tartan.

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9780300136869 (alk. paper) and 0300136862 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-267) and index.

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