Description
It is proposed here that much of the traditional historical account of Scotland rests on fundamental interpretive errors, and that these errors have been perpetuated in order to manufacture and maintain an origin for Scotland that affirms its identity as a Celtic, Christian society. This equation of Scotland with Celtic culture in the popular (and academic) imagination has buried a more accurate and profound understanding of its history.
The authors' wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.
About the Author
Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman is a professor of marketing at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA and a professor at the University of Virginia-Wise, USA. She has written widely on genealogy and ethnic identity.
Donald N. Yates is an American genealogist, cultural historian and DNA investigator. He lives in Phoenix.
Reviews
fascinating - Ancestry Worship Genealogy
""'brazen'...blatantly contradicts established notions of Scottish history; and that is precisely the intent...deliberate, serious...extensive bibliography"" - Reference & Research Book News
Book Information
ISBN 9780786477098
Author Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 488g