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2017
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The Europe of jade: from the Alps to the Black Sea
As it appears in diverse guises – and notably as a founding narrative – the past is at the core of every functioning human society. The idea that the past can be known through scientific research has long been a fundamental challenge for western societies and for European researchers, from...Pétrequin, P ; Cassen, S ; Errera, M ; Sheridan, J A ; Tsonev, T …
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2009
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2009
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2015
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Preface [Scottish photography: the first thirty years]
This lavishly illustrated book discusses the relationship between art, science and technology which, around 1840, laid a fertile groundwork for photography to flourish in Scotland. It looks at the early professionals including DO Hill, Robert Adamson, James Valentine and George Washington Wilson. The book has been written by Dr Sara...Lidchi, Henrietta
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2015
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Beating retreat: the Scottish military tradition in decline
The Scottish military tradition in the British Army is recognised as one of the most visible and celebrated manifestations of Scottish participation in the growth of the British Empire. When, in the middle years of the twentieth century, that empire began to break up, the impact on the Scottish regiments...Allan, Stuart
Scottish regiments, Save the Argylls, defence cuts, Colin Mitchell, and Amalgamation
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2015
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Foreword [Scottish photography: the first thirty years]
The souvenir book of the exhibition Photography: A Victorian Sensation at National Museums Scotland June-November 2015. It highlights objects in National Museum Scotland's history of photography collections and describes the public excitement over early photography.Lidchi, Henrietta
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2013
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The different histories of the Norrie's Law hoard
This paper reviews the different histories of objects within the Norrie's Law hoard and demonstrates the likelihood that at least two objects - a plaque decorated with Pictish symbols and a handpin - are nineteenth-century forgeries.Goldberg, D Martin ; Blackwell, Alice
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2015
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“Some idea of our country”: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in early wartime documentary film
This edited collection focuses on the negotiation of national, geographic and cultural identities during the Second World War among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Adopting a four nations approach, it contributes to our understanding of how pluralistic identities within the multinational state of Britain informed the functioning of...Allan, Stuart
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2014
Book chapter
Post-Neolithic western Europe
The Cambridge World Prehistory provides a systematic and authoritative examination of the prehistory of every region around the world from the early days of human origins in Africa two million years ago to the beginnings of written history, which in some areas started only two centuries ago. Written by a...Sheridan, J A