A new and challenging account of Scotland's position within the United Kingdom. Written by a senior policy adviser to the UK government on devolution policy in the aftermath of the EU referendum, ranging from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.

"This is the first study to systematically explore similarities, differences, and connections between the histories of American planters and Irish landlords. The book focuses primarily on the comparative and transnational investigation of an antebellum Mississippi planter named John A. Quitman...