The State and the Nation For Benedict Anderson, Nations are "imagined communities": it means that there is a will of the people to do things together and this group of people is so large that people cannot know every member: hence, they imagine the other members like......more

Introduction After the Union of 1707, Scotland started to export goods massively: especially linen, cattle and tobacco (Glasgow was nicknamed the "tobacco metropolis"). Gradually the Union came to represent carreer opportunities for upper class and middle class scots: some joined the Army in India, some became merchants......more

Introduction Scotland was never conquered by England. There were attempts but they failed. At the end of the 13th century, the wars of independence began. In May 1st 1707, the Act of Union was ratified between England and Scotland: the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament were suspended.......more

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Scottish Politics : devolution Inequalities in Great Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries ......more