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No Gods and Precious Few Heroes

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

No Gods and Precious Few Heroes

By Christopher Harvie

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About the book

Epitomised by political, social and technological change this history appraises a fast-evolving century, from the outbreak of World War I up to the present and the politics of devolution and the age of the internet. The book begins with the devastating impact of World War I and Scotland's critical role in its conduct, then continues to explore Scots institutional life, from 1922 to 1964, governed by the problems of economy, society, politics and culture embedded in a mature industrialised state ...Show more

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9780748682560

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Edinburgh University Press

Published year

2016

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1

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No Gods and Precious Few Heroes

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Paperback

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