Scotland

• Author(s): Dennis Smith, Paul Barnaby, Ulrike Morét,
• Publisher: Clio Press
• Pages: 434
• ISBN_10: 1851092803
  ISBN_13: 9781851092802
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Western , Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Human Geography ,

Description:... Scotland is probably the only sovereign nation to have chosen, in a more or less free vote, to surrender its independence in order to merge with a larger, more powerful, neighbour. For most of the period since the Union of 1707 the Scots were enthusiastic partners with England in creating and administering the British Empire. Inevitably, therefore, the end of empire caused an identity crisis in Scotland. For more than a Century pressure for political home rule produced no tangible resu