Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; 1. Three Hundred Years of the Anglo-Scottish Union, T. M. Devine; PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS; 2. The Making of the Union of 1707: History with a History, Christopher A. Whatley; 3. Popular Resistance, Religion and the Union of 1707, Karin Bowie; 4. The Treaty of Union: Made in England, Allan I. Macinnes; PART TWO: HISTORY; 5. The Legacy of Unionism in Eighteenth Century Scotland, Alexander Murdoch; 6. The Spoils of Empire, T. M. Devine; 7. Imperial Scotland, T. M. Devine; 8. The Politics of the Union in an Age of Unionism, Ewen A. Cameron; PART THREE: CHALLENGES; 9. The Challenge of Nationalism, T. M. Devine; 10. Thatcherism and the Union, Richard J. Finlay; 11. The Death of Unionism?, W. L. Miller; PART FOUR: DEVOLUTION AND THE FUTURE; 12. Where stands the Union Now? Scottish-English Relations after Devolution, Charlie Jeffery; 13. How firm are the Foundations? Public Attitudes to the Union in 2007, John Curtice; 14. Future of an Unloved Union, Neal Ascherson; Index.

About the Author

T. M. Devine is the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh having previously held Chairs at the universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde. He is the author and editor of many books on Scottish history and related subjects. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.