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Wilson Mcleod, Gaelic in Scotland. Policies, Movements, Ideologies

Wilson Mcleod, Gaelic in Scotland. Policies, Movements, Ideologies Book Reviews Wilson Mcleod, Gaelic in Scotland. Policies, Movements, Ideologies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. Pp. viii + 448. Hardback ISBN 978-1-4744-6239- 6, £95). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2021.0337 This historical and sociolinguistic account of Gaelic in Scotland from 1872 until the early decades of the twenty first century charts what its author presents as a great shift in the language’s status in the country from a pessimistic to a ‘much more favourable position’, particularly since the 1950s (p.1). It begins with a historical account of linguistic developments pre-1872 where the eighteenth century is identified as decisive in furthering language shift from Gaelic to English through a range of material and cultural pressures. The next chapter describes the general development of policy relating to Gaelic since c.1600, and outlines the book’s main discussion areas, including analysis of ‘the relationship between Gaelic and national and group identities’, primarily that of the Gael ethnic group, and ‘competing ideological interpretations of the value of Gaelic’ (p.2). Chapters three to eight judiciously break the main survey period into five sub- stages in a wider revival process from ‘foundations’ to ‘institutionalisation’. This is effective in developing the historical narrative which intensifies in detail as it approaches the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Scottish Historical Studies Edinburgh University Press

Wilson Mcleod, Gaelic in Scotland. Policies, Movements, Ideologies

MacKinnon, Iain
Journal of Scottish Historical Studies , Volume 41 (2): 2 – Nov 1, 2021
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Book Reviews Wilson Mcleod, Gaelic in Scotland. Policies, Movements, Ideologies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020. Pp. viii + 448. Hardback ISBN 978-1-4744-6239- 6, £95). DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2021.0337 This historical and sociolinguistic account of Gaelic in Scotland from 1872 until the early decades of the twenty first century charts what its author presents as a great shift in the language’s status in the country from a pessimistic to a ‘much more favourable position’, particularly since the 1950s (p.1). It begins with a historical account of linguistic developments pre-1872 where the eighteenth century is identified as decisive in furthering language shift from Gaelic to English through a range of material and cultural pressures. The next chapter describes the general development of policy relating to Gaelic since c.1600, and outlines the book’s main discussion areas, including analysis of ‘the relationship between Gaelic and national and group identities’, primarily that of the Gael ethnic group, and ‘competing ideological interpretations of the value of Gaelic’ (p.2). Chapters three to eight judiciously break the main survey period into five sub- stages in a wider revival process from ‘foundations’ to ‘institutionalisation’. This is effective in developing the historical narrative which intensifies in detail as it approaches the

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