The Road to Home Rule
Images Of Scotland's Cause
Peter Jones author Christopher Harvie author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:1st Aug '99
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
When the Scottish Parliament sat in Edinburgh for the first time in nearly three hundred years it was the climax of Europe's most peaceable and legalistic national movement. But dull it wasn't. In war and peace, from Empire to Europe, through the rise and fall of industry, the cause of self-government has been endlessly reinvented and remodelled, sometimes surviving more as a poetic fashion rather than as a political campaign. But it got there in the end. The Road To Home Rule documents not just the demonstrations, the party politics and international upheavals which swept the Scottish cause along - and all too frequently adrift - during the twentieth century, but also shows how it swam in the tides of social change and cultural inspiration. From Keir Hardie's and William Gladstone's promises to Tony Blair's and Donald Dewar's delivery, via a route populated by the larger-than-life characters and ideas of Hugh MacDiarmid, Winnie Ewing, Michael Forsyth, round the milestones and millstones of Conventions, Covenants, Wee Magic Stanes and Bravehearts - all Scottish life is there. With a core essay by the historian Christopher Harvie and the political correspondent Peter Jones, the book's 100 illustrations cast a cool eye on the grandeurs and miseries encountered on the long way to Holyrood. Key Features: *Highly illustrated with 150 black and white photographs, cartoons and other images *Substantial captions to place the images in context *Written by two 'names': Chris Harvie is a well-known Scottish historian and Peter Jones is a well-regarded journalist *A fascinating and entertaining story of the road to home rule
Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) -- T. P. Wolf, Indiana State Universty British Politics Group Newsletter It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. -- Donal Dewar This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form -- Murdo Macdonald Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (reviewed with Scottish Popular Politics by W. Hamish Fraser and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP) It was a long march to Scottish devolution, but a new history of the cause is a pacy, captivating account of the struggle ! This is a book that rattles along in good style. It will inform the uninformed and remind even scarred veterans of the highlights, of the order of events on the road to a Scottish parliament. It is a long trail, starting with Macpherson's Ossian and moving on to the Disruption before chasing energetically through to contemporary times ... The picture captions [are] lively and combine with the illustrations to add to the entertainment. There is also a touch of Picture Post journalism, and it's none the worse for that ... it is, as advertised, a panorama, images of Scotland's cause ... an attractive attempt to record the public face of the strange and complex politics of our time. This will have a significant appeal to the general public since it brings together - and comments on - familiar images in an accessible form
ISBN: 9781902930107
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 620g
224 pages