Nationalisme

1930 · Best.-Nr. 375780 — Scottish Secretariat Glasgow Varied Dates c. 1930-1945. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Now largely forgotten the Scottish Secretariat was one of the quiet workhorses of mid-century nationalism: a small semi-official policy bureau supplying research editorial discipline and a steady flow of pamphlets. Working against the backdrop of wartime centralisation and post-war planning it helped articulate a modern economically literate case for self-government. Its writers Lamont among them sought to replace emotive grievance with data and administrative argument shaping the intellectual tone of 1940s nationalism and providing the scaffolding for the SNP's later policy culture. Pamphlets issued by the Scottish Secretariat are inherently scarce. The bureau produced short-run political and economic tracts for a limited readership and wartime paper controls modest print numbers and the ephemeral nature of the material mean that only a dozen or so core publications can be readily traced today most surviving in single copies across institutional and private holdings. Any example is therefore a desirable piece of mid-century Scottish nationalist print culture representing a movement whose printed output was slight in volume but significant in influence. A collection of 6 uncommon pamphlets. All in remarkably good condition for ephemeral political publications. Priced as a group. Size: 13.5 x 21 cms. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Scottish Secretariat paperback