Allan Macinnes traces how commercial prosperity and economic assertiveness (fuelled by religious radicalism) led to Glasgow's participation in resistance to Charles I in the 1630s, and to a model for a future constitutional Scotland.
Glasgow's role in the Enlightenment is often overshadowed by Edinburgh, but Roy Campbell shows that the impetus came from the West with the pioneering work done in the city from the early years of the eighteenth century.
Ann Hills explains Scotland's cultural initiatives revolving around the famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Ian Bradley examines the driving forces behind the crofters' attacks on the deer forests of Skye and Lewis.
It was not only the Jews who fled from Tsarist persecution in the late 19th century. Immigrants from Lithuania came to Scotland en route for the United States and many stayed.
A.J.G.Cummings explores Scotland's links with Europe from 1600-1800.
Roger A. Mason on the myths and power of Scotland's line of kings
Norman Macdougall explores the vicissitudes of James IV's reign; although regarded as a paragon amongst Scottish kings, his downfall owed much to his failings.
Jenny Wormald introduces a series of ten articles on Scottish history.
'It's no fish ye're buying - it's men's lives', wrote Sir Walter Scott, and looking at the fishing industry in Scotland in the last century involves a vivid recreation of the hard life of the isolated fishing communities, their work and their family life.
