History
Scotland and Nationalism Scottish Society and Politics 1707 to the Present
Author / Creator: Christopher Harvie (Author) , Christopher T. Harvie
Date published: 2004
Scottish social and political history from 1707 to the present
Scotland's Turmoil 1500-1707
Author / Creator: Johnnie Gallacher
Date published: 2025
Two centuries of profound and often violent change.
Scotland: Mapping the Nation
Author / Creator: Charles W. J. Withers
Media type: Book
Date published: 2017
Maps seriously as a form of history
Scotland: Her Story
Author / Creator: Rosemary Goring
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
The Nation’s History by the Women Who Lived It
Scotland The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707
Author / Creator: Alan R. MacDonald
Media type: Book
Date published: 2012-2026
Scotland in a European context
Popular Resistance, Religion and the Union of 1707
Author / Creator: Karin Bowie
Media type: Article
Date published: 2008
Petitions against the treaty rained down on Parliament, riots erupted in the streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow and angry demonstrators burned the treaty in towns like Dumfries and Stirling.
The Saga of the Earls of Orkney
Author / Creator: Judith Jesch, translator
Media type: Book
Date published: 2025
New book shines light on the 'fake news' in Orkneyinga Saga
The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay
Author / Creator: David Caldwell
Media type: Book
Date published: 2024
Finlaggan on Islay is an important medieval site.
Lives of the massacred MacDonalds of Glen Coe
Author / Creator: Michael Given
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Artefacts from the archaeology dig show touchingly ordinary, everyday activities. The clay tobacco pipes and broken bottles of green glass are echoes of evenings spent drinking, smoking and storytelling. Spindle whorls beside a fireplace suggest where the women of the house sat and spun both wool and yarns on cold winter nights.
The Case for Scottish Independence: A History of Nationalist Political Thought in Modern Scotland
Author / Creator: Ben Jackson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
The Case for Scottish Independence: A History
of Nationalist Political Tought in Mod-
ern Scotland presents itself as a major
and recent account of the intellectual
development of contemporary Scottish
nationalism.
Scotland: Her Story
Author / Creator: Rosemary Goring
Media type: Book
Date published:
The Nation’s History by the Women Who Lived It
On the 1707 Union
Author / Creator: Mark McCabe
Media type: Book
Date published: 2013
Examining the events leading to the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England in 1707 and its consequences, and weighing the considerations on the basis of this for or against Scottish independence.
People's History of Scotland; Rebel Lives 1 - John Knox
Author / Creator: Chris Bambery
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
John Knox - Radical leader
A people's History of Scotland: The Act of Union and the Jacobite Rebellion
Author / Creator: Chris Bambery
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
Resistance to the Act of Union
People's History of Scotland, episode 5: The Rise of Capitalism and the Scottish Enlightement
Author / Creator: Chris Banbury
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
Edinburgh as the centre of enlightment in 19th century Europe
A People's History of Scotland, Episode 2 “The Wars of Independence.”
Author / Creator: Sara Bennett
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
Fresh perspectives on William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, and Mary Queen of Scots
A people's history of Scotland, Episode 1
Author / Creator: Chris Bambery
Media type: Podcast
Date published: 2023
the nature of class society in Scotland, and its relationship to historical study.
Autonomy of Modern Scotland
Author / Creator: Lindsay Paterson
Media type: Book
Date published: 1994
No Scottish politics reading list would be complete without Lindsay Paterson’s Autonomy of Modern Scotland
Glasgow's Sugar Aristocracy in the British-Atlantic World, 1776-1838
Author / Creator: Stephen Mullen
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
"Mullen’s fundamental concern is the contribution made by Glasgow’s West India merchant community to economic change in Scotland. By extension, Mullen assesses how enslavement in the Caribbean impacted the Scottish economy. "
The Scottish World: A Journey Into the Scottish Diaspora
Author / Creator: Billy Kay
Media type: Book
Date published: 2008
The Scottish World is a celebration of the enormous contribution the Scots have made to the modern world.