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Scottish History
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In historical literature, Scotland has taken the lead of every other European country. This makes it not a little remarkable, that no continuous and complete national history has been attempted until very recently. The contributions of Robertson, Pinkerton, Laing, Hume, and we may add to the list, McCrie, Cook, and others, refer chiefly to insulated periods, more or less interesting; and allowing for the prejudices and predelictions of some of the writers, they all form either valuable portions,
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― Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1
― Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1
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Burton's History of Scotland and the widespread welcome it received, both within the nation and internationally, is incompatible with the view that Scottish history suffered a mortal decline, that there was some kind of atypical, catastrophic failure of national historical confidence in the second half of the nineteenth century. On the contrary, the country produced, and welcomed, a national narrative that incorporated the full range of characteristics typifying the national histories produced a
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― Recovering Scottish History: John Hill Burton and Scottish National Identity in the Nineteenth Century
― Recovering Scottish History: John Hill Burton and Scottish National Identity in the Nineteenth Century
