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Scottish History

The Edinburgh History of Scotland. Originally, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Reprinted, Edinburgh: James Thin, A four-volume series, which opted for detailed analysis. Still useful for specialists.

The New History of Scotland. Originally London: Edward Arnold. Reprinted, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, . An eight-volume series by different expert authors which combines readability with scholarship.

Broun, Dauvit, Finlay, R.J., and Lynch, Michael, eds. Image and Identity: the making and remaking of Scotland through the ages. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1998. Scottish identity as viewed by 11 different historians.

Devine, T.M. The Scottish Nation, 1700–2000 London: Penguin, 1999. An authoritative survey.

Donaldson, Gordon. Scotland: the shaping of a nation. Nairn: David St. John Thomas, 1993. A thematic overview.

Keay, John, and Keay, Julia. Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland. London: Harper Collins, 1994. A huge, comprehensive volume.

Lynch, Michael. Scotland: a new history. London: Century, 2nd ed, 1992, The most recent one-volume history.

MacGregor, Geddes. Scotland: an intimate portrait. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. A fond treatment by an exiled Scot.

Mitchison, Rosalind. A History of Scotland. London: Routledge, 1982. Still useful, particularly good on social history.

Oram, Richard. Scottish Prehistory. Edinburgh: Berlinn, 1997. Up-to-date survey.

Ritchie, Graham, and Ritchie, Anna. Scotland: archaeology and early history. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2nd ed, 1991, Attractive, illustrated overview.

Scott, Paul H., ed. Scotland: a concise cultural history. Edinburgh: Manistream, 1993. A comprehensive study by over 20 different authors.

Smout, T.C. A History of the Scottish People, 1560–1830. London: Collins, 1969. A ground-breaking study. Still a classic.

Webster, Bruce. Medieval Scotland: the making of an identity. London: Macmillan, 1997. A short, readable overview.