Being Scottish: Personal Reflections on Scottish Identity Today

Being Scottish: Personal Reflections on Scottish Identity Today
ISBN-10
0748674470
ISBN-13
9780748674473
Category
Electronic books
Pages
300
Language
English
Published
2019-07-29
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Author
Tom M. Devine

Description

100 short essays offer an opportunity to penetrate behind the statistical surveys and explore the rich complexity of changing identity from a varied range of opinion.

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