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Author Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald), 1914-2003.

Title The invention of Scotland [electronic resource] : myth and history / Hugh Trevor-Roper.

Imprint New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxi, 282 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-267) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject National characteristics, Scottish -- Historiography.
Scotland -- Historiography.
Scotland -- Civilization -- Historiography.
Scotland -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780300136869 (alk. paper)
0300136862 (alk. paper)
9780300176537 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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