Why Scots Should Rule Scotland. Alasdair Gray
WHY
SCOTS
SHOULD
RULE
SCOT
LAND
1997
WHY
SCOTS
SHOULD
RULE
SCOT
LAND
1997
A CARNAPTIOUS
HISTORY OF
BRITAIN FROM
ROMAN TIMES
UNTIL NOW BY
ALASDAIR
GRAY
CANONGATE
FIRST PUBLISHED IN SCOTLAND, 1997, BY CANONGATE BOOKS 14 HIGH STREET EDINBURGH EH1 1TE
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THANKS
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OTHER
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE FIRST PAMPHLET with this name was written quickly for the British general election of 1992. It was my first polemical work and I was pleased with it; pleased also that reviewers treated it kindly.
With a view to reprinting