Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book brings tartan right up to date with a discussion of how it is used in sport, in business and commerce, and as a statement of regional identities by states and cities all over the world. Here the brave past of this romantic cloth is examined in detail, and illustrated with over 250 glorious color photographs covering the span of Scotland's history and the manner in which tartan has been enmeshed in her struggle for international recognition and independent cultural identity.
Synopsis
Celebrates the way tartan is woven into every aspect of the story of the Scottish nation, fromits earliest Celtic roots to its multi racial modern uses.