The Road to Home Rule: Images Of Scotland's Cause

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When the Scottish Parliament sat in Edinburgh for the first time in nearly 300 years it was the climax of Europe's most peaceable and legalistic national movement. The struggle for self-government in a country both industrial and underdeveloped may have been the work of the foxes rather than the lions, but they got there by many ingenious routes. This volume documents the demonstrations and protests, the journalism and poetry, the party politics and international upheavals which swept the Scottish cause along - and all too frequently adrift - in the 20th century. There is a core essay by historian Christopher Harvie and the political correspondent, Peter Jones.

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Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) -- T. P. Wolf, Indiana State Universty British Politics Group Newsletter It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. -- Donal Dewar This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form -- Murdo Macdonald Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form

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Peter Jones is the Scotland and Northern England Correspondent for The Economist