Scotland, A Very Peculiar History - Volume 2电子书

Cover

Front Matter

Title Page

Publisher Information

Dedication

A Very Peculiar History

Quotes

Ten Scottish firsts

Putting Scotland on the map

Introduction

Stop press!

CHAPTER ONE: Stewart Scotland

It’s tough at the top!

Scotland’s wild frontier

Highland life

The Prentice Pillar

Golf: ‘A Diversion Peculiar to Scotland’

Scots speak Scots

Can you translate this Scots story?

The ‘Birdman of Stirling’ plummets into history

Home and away

The Flowers of the Forest

Reformation Scotland

The ideal wedding present...

The end of Highland culture?

Fire and sword

CHAPTER TWO: United Kingdoms?

The Lowlands: ‘rude neglect’

The Highlands: ‘smoking dunghills’

The Honours of Scotland

Dalziel (‘Dee-ELL’) and the Devil (‘DEE-ell’)

Dressed to kill

Scots in South America

Steps to Union

What they said about the Union

Jings! These Jacobites!

God save the King

Royal rebel on the run

Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Severino Maria STEWART (Bonnie Prince Charlie)

Will ye no come back again?

CHAPTER THREE: North Britain

Hieland hame (home) or Hieland hovel?

Scotland and slavery

Black Scots

An African at Culloden

Love of women

Brotherhood of man

Edinburgh Old Town: ‘Auld Reekie’

Edinburgh New Town: ‘Athens of the North’

The Strange Case of Deacon Brodie

Medical matters

Dundee: ‘jute, jam and journalism’

Meanwhile, in the countryside...

Scots abroad

Great Scots! Scots overseas

New loyalties

Twisted traditions

Successful Scots

Scotland’s Robin Hood?

Floating free – to pray!

Fascinated by funerals

CHAPTER FOUR: Rich man’s playground: Romantic Scotland

Tartan tomfoolery

Royal author

Do it yourself

Soap and drugs

CHAPTER FIVE: Industrial Scotland

The Industrial Revolution starts with a bang!

Water, steam – and child power

A load of hot air

Gentle giant

A clever idea? A new invention? It’s probably Scottish!

The latest medical advances? Trust Scottish doctors!

Bubble, bubble…

Scots ships take Scots soldiers and sailors all round the world

The worst poet in the world?

The Tay Bridge Disaster

New towns, new people

City living is bad for your health

Stovies

Slainte mhath! (Cheers!)

‘Fechting fairs’ or ‘rational recreations’ – which would you prefer?

Talk of the steamie

Power to the people!

CHAPTER SIX: Towards today

Scuttled steel

Not quite rocket science

Scotland at war 1939–1945

Reasons to be cheerful

Sporting Scots

Nuclear North

Who owns Scotland?

Pylons in the Highlands? Or ribbons in the hills?

Take-offs timed by the tide

Scots Words and Phrases

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Timeline of Scottish History

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