The Emperor's New Kilt: The Two Secret Histories of Scotland - Softcover

Henderson, Jan-Andrew

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ISBN 10: 1840183780 ISBN 13: 9781840183788

Verlag: Mainstream Publishing, 2000

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Did you know that most tartans date only from 1822? Or that the kilt was invented by a factory manager? Know that a Scot landed in America almost a century before Columbus? Or that Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Watt patented the light bulb? Probably not. Because Scotland has two secret histories. The image of the Scots as whisky-drinking, tartan-sporting, tight-fisted kilt wearers is famous throughout the world. That image is manufactured. Yet Scotland's reputation for producing inventors, thinkers and explorers - people who have changed the course of world history - is nowhere as prevalent. The scale of Scottish influence has been totally under-estimated.

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Did you know that a Scot landed in America a century before Columbus? Or that Scotland had electric lighting 70 years before Edison patented the light bulb? Probably not, because Scotland has two histories. The image of the Scots as whisky-drinking, tartan-sporting, tight-fisted kilt wearers is famous throughout the world. The image is manufactured. Yet Scotland's reputation for producing inventors, thinkers, and explorers--people who have changed the course of world history--is nowhere near as prevalent. The scale of Scottish influence has truly been underestimated. This book looks at the things Scots are famous for--and shouldn't be, and the things they aren't famous for--and should be. Jan-Andrew Henderson is the author of "The Town Below the Ground: Edinburghs Legendary Underground City."

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• Verlag: Mainstream Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1840183780
• ISBN 13: 9781840183788
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208