No Gods and Precious Few Heroes - Harvie Christopher
A colourful and stimulating history of modern ScotlandThis introductory history takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re-energising adjustments loosely…
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A colourful and stimulating history of modern ScotlandThis introductory history takes Scotland through two world wars and subsequent social exhaustion, through the re-energising adjustments loosely referred to as 'the sixties' to a final endgame of Union versus Independence. The novel structure of Harvie's history mirrors that of a grand engineering project, or a structure as complex as the Forth Railway Bridge: 'three periods of change rendered as towers, and two great cantilevered arches of life-in-common, over which day-to-day life proceeds'.Key Features:A final narrative of 'Union versus Independence'Thematically rebuilt chapters: Economy/Society/Politics/CultureThe '60s' reinterpretedFrom the APF (JW to ammend) 'When No Gods and Precious Few Heroes