Paying the Piper offers an intriguing and stimulating debate about taxation.

An important collection of essays dealing with aspects of the execution of Britain’s foreign policy at a crucial period in her emergence as a major international power.

A detailed study of the estates before, during and after the annexations following the defeat of the Jacobites in 1746, providing a wealth of material on the effects of government policy and actions during this period.

A study of the main political parties in Scotland, examining in particular their electoral fortunes from the time of the First Reform Bill to the emergence of the Labour party.

Drawing on first-hand accounts and contemporary correspondence, David Torrance paints vivid biographical portraits of the 39 men and one woman who have held the post of Scottish Secretary since the position was resurrected by Salisbury in 1885.

This important book incorporates an outline of the structure of government in Scotland after the Treaty of Union with a study of the politics of Scotland from 1747 to 1784.

Westminster has taken a great constitutional leap in the dark, with the creation of a Scottish parliament and legislative assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland. This collection of essays provides the historical context for the constitutional challenges facing the United Kingdom.

This book considers the complex issues which arise from operating the nuclear deterrent out of a devolved Scotland that has attained a very limited autonomy and has no rights to determine defence and foreign policy

Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation c.1100-1707, volumes 1 and 3, the first in a five-volume set of textbooks, provide a comprehensive introduction to medieval and early modern Scotland.

This major biography traces Sharp’s development from Presbyterian minister to archbishop, examining how he manoeuvred his way through the Civil Wars, the Protectorate and the Restoration.

This book provides an insight into the nature of Jacobitism and of the Tory party, and furthers our understanding of the confused politics of these momentous years.

This book examines the turbulent relationship between England and Scotland between 1637 and 1660.

This account reveals much about the nature of the bloodfeud in general, and explores the changes in society which at last brought about its suppression.

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An original and eye-opening contribution to our understanding of the workings of politics in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Scotland.

This is a political and intellectual biography of Sir Archibald Alison (1792–1867), historian, social critic, criminal lawyer, and sheriff of Lanarkshire.

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