Trevor-Roper, H. R. 1914-2003.

The invention of Scotland myth and history / [electronic resource] : Hugh Trevor-Roper. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008. - xxi, 282 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-267) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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National characteristics, Scottish--Historiography.


Scotland--Historiography.
Scotland--Civilization--Historiography.
Scotland--History.


Electronic books.

DA759 / .T74 2008eb

941.10072