Ourselves and Others Scotland 1832-1914

by Morton, Graeme

• ISBN13: 9780748620494
• ISBN10: 0748620494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-18
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Summary

Ourselves and Othersis about "us and them", the dialectic of national identity formation. Alongside and linked to a history of Scotland's national identity and of its political and social institutions is an account of the changing nature of the groups and structures that comprised society within Scotland and the relationships between Scots at home and abroad.

Author Biography

Graeme Morton is the Scottish Studies Foundation Chair and Director of the Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Being Scotland	p. 17
Weather Scotland Will	p. 36
We Live, We Die	p. 56
Urban Scots	p. 81
Getting Around	p. 104
Working Scots	p. 126
Poverty, Spending and Sport	p. 149
Reading, Writing, Talking and Singing	p. 176
Believing Ourselves	p. 201
Controlling Ourselves and Others	p. 224
Emigration and Diaspora	p. 247
Being Ourselves	p. 271
Further Reading	p. 290
Index	p. 299
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