A History Of Scotland

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In the 18th and 19th centuries, great strife was inflicted upon the family farmers of the Scottish Lowlands. He then makes the claim that something like 80% of Britons have the DNA of the hunter-gatherers who first roamed these lands.

He presumes a certain level of knowledge – particularly geographical – from the reader, but I love the broad strokes he applies to history.Allan Massie, The Scotsman“The engine behind this history is running at full throttle, and its momentum carries the reader on at speed.

This book focuses on the Scottish Highlanders who engaged in or benefitted from these crimes against humanity in the . From the capital city of Edinburgh, to the great landscapes of the Highlands, Scotland has centuries of rich history ready for you to discover.In this book, as relevant today as when it was first published in 1975, Anthony Slaven argues that the extent and causes of these . Combining intellectual and cultural history, this book explores how men and women experienced the Scottish Enlightenment. Once World War I came to a close, Scotland was soon reduced to an industrial and financial backwater, and the casualties of the nation were exceptionally high. I picked it up in the discount bin in Bookworld on Princes St a year or two ago, but it took me a while to get round to reading it. Every National 5 Study Guide is also fully supported with lots of free online links, tests and activities at the award-winning BrightRED Digital Zone.