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  Scottish History Reading List
    This reading list identifies some of the important works on Scottish history. I have arranged them by period rather than subject (except for the Wars of Independence). Where books are in print, I have included links to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble should you wish to purchase them directly.
     
Standard Works
Edinburgh History of Scotland
AAM Duncan
Scotland: The making of the kingdom
R Nicholson
Scotland: The later middle ages
Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume I   Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume II  
   
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G Donaldson
Scotland: James V-VII
W Ferguson
Scotland: 1689 to the present
Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume III   Edinburgh History of Scotland Volume IV  
   
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New History of Scotland
AP Smyth
Warlords and Holymen: Scotland 80-1000
GWS Barrow
Kingship and Unity: Scotland 1000-1306
Warlords & Holy Men - Scotland AD80-1000 Amazon.com Kingship & Unity - Scotland 1000-1306 Amazon.com
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A Grant
Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306-1469
J Wormald
Court, Kirk and Community: Scotland 1470-1625
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R Mitchison
Lordship to Patronage: Scotland 1603-1745
B Lenman
Integration, Enlightenment and Industrialization: Scotland 1746-1832
Lordship to Patronage - Scotland 1603-1745 Amazon.com Integration & Enlightenment - Scotland 1746-1832 Amazon.com
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O & S Checkland
Industry and Ethos: Scotland 1832-1914
C Harvie
No Gods and precious few heroes: Scotland 1914-1980
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Modern Scottish History 1707 to the present
I The Transformation of Scotland 1707-1850 II The Modernisation of Scotland 1850 to the present
I The Transformation of Scotland 1707-1850   II The Modernisation of Scotland 1850 to the present  
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III Readings in Modern Scottish History 1707-1850 IV Readings in Modern Scottish History 1850 to the present
III Readings in Modern Scottish History 1707-1850   IV Readings in Modern Scottish History 1850 to the present  
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V Major documents of Scottish history 1707 to the present
V Major documents of Scottish history 1707 to the present      
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The History of Scottish Literature
I (to 1660) ed RDS Jack II (1660-1800) ed A Hook
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III (19th century) ed D Gifford IV (20th century) ed C Craig
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Other Standard Works
RH Campbell
Scotland since 1707: the rise of an industial society
WC Dickenson & AAM Duncan
Scotland from earliest times to 1603
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M Lynch
Scotland: A New History
PGB McNeill & R Nicholson
An historical atlas of Scotland c.400-c.1600
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TC Smout
A History of the Scottish people 1560-1830
TC Smout
A Century of the Scottish people 1830-1950
A History of the Scottish people - 1560-1830   A Century of the Scottish people - 1830-1950  
   
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M Lynch (ed) The Oxford Companion to Scottish History T.M. Devine The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History Amazon.com The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000 Amazon.com
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Documents
WC Dickenson, G Donaldson & IA Milne (eds) A source book of Scottish History G Donaldson (ed) Scottish Historical Documents
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Other General Works
IH Adams The making of urban Scotland JHS Burleigh A church history of Scotland
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D Daiches (ed) A Companion to Scottish culture G Donaldson Scotland: Church and nation through sixteen centuries
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G Donaldson The faith of the Scots M Flinn (ed) Scottish population history
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J Halliday Scotland: a concise history BC to 1990 H Kearney The British Isles: a history of four nations
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SGE Lythe & J Butt An Economic history of Scotland 1100-1939 RK Marshall Virgins and Viragos: A history of women in Scotland from 1080 to 1980
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R Mitchison (ed) Why Scottish History matters A Pagan God’s Scotland? The story of the Scottish Christian religion
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DS Thompson (ed) The companion to Gaelic Scotland G Whittendon & ID Whyte (eds) An historical geography of Scotland
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First Statistical Account of Scotland (1793) Second Statistical Account of Scotland (1846)
EDINA Statistical Accounts of Scotland EDINA Statistical Accounts of Scotland