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In line with the University of Aberdeen’s 1495 foundational statement ‘open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others’, Aberdeen University Press publishes high quality open access research from scholars worldwide. We publish a range of peer-reviewed journals, book series and stand-alone monographs.

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The Artist William Keith

A Scots Giant Among the Redwoods

By Alexander Sutherland
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Art, General

Detailed biography of nineteenth-century Scottish-born American painter William Keith, celebrated for his wilderness paintings 

J. J. R. Macleod

Co-discoverer of insulin

By Michael J Williams
Edited by Kenneth C McHardy
Subjects: Medical, History, Endocrinology & Metabolism

Reveals the almost-forgotten, Nobel prize-winning Scottish scientist who made life-saving insulin treatment available

Adam Ferguson and the Politics of Virtue

Edited by Michael Brown & Jack A Hill
Subjects: Philosophy, Modern, History, Georgian Era (1714-1837), Political

Edited collection examining Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher Adam Ferguson as a teacher of moral philosophy, his political views and his historical treatment of the Roman Republic. The book offers an assessment of his intellectual influence and legacy.

Scotland and America in the Age of Paine

By Ronald Lyndsay Crawford
Subjects: Philosophy, Political, History, United States

This book explores how, in Scotland and America, Paine’s brand of radicalism took particular hold and then examines the careers of four Scots emigrants who made distinguished contributions to the American ideal of liberty.

Austin Clarke

By Kit Fryatt
Edited by Craig Cairns
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Poetry, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

Examining the work of Irish poet Austin Clarke (1896-1974) in the light of modern critical and theoretical perspectives, Kit Fryatt focuses on key works which reveal how Clarke explored themes on the coherence of the personality, women and repression.

The Gaelic Crisis in the Vernacular Community

A Comprehensive Sociolinguistic Survey of Scottish Gaelic

By Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, Gòrdan Camshron, Pàdruig Moireach, Brian Ó Curnáin, Iain Caimbeul, Brian MacDonald, and Tamás Péterváry
Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Language Study, Celtic Languages

Northern Lights

Essays in Private Law in Memory of Professor David Carey Miller

Edited by Douglas Bain, Roderick RM Paisley, Andrew RC Simpson, and Nikola JM Tait
Subjects: Law, Civil Law

This volume of essays on property law and comparative law was published in memory of Professor David Carey Miller of the University of Aberdeen.

Scotland's Forgotten Treasure

The Visionary Romances of George MacDonald

By Colin Manlove
Subjects: Literary Criticism, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology

Scotland’s Forgotten Treasure is a detailed study of the aesthetics and the religious vision of the fantasy works written by nineteenth-century Scottish novelist, George MacDonald.

Tiger Duff

India, Madeira and Empire in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

By Alistair Mutch
Subjects: History, Georgian Era (1714-1837)

Scot Patrick ‘Tiger’ Duff (1742–1803) rose to the rank of General in the East India Company, making a fortune in India. This book chronicles his eventful life in Britain, India and Madeira, tracing Imperial trade and its connections back to Scotland

A Saltire in the German Lands

Scottish Benedictine Monasteries in Germany 1575-1862

By Thomas McInally
Subjects: History, Germany, Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603), Stuart Era (1603-1714)

When Catholicism was illegal in early-modern Scotland, southern Germany became home to Scottish Benedictine monks who educated their fellow Scots and their German hosts, while making significant contributions to the wider European Enlightenment movement.

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 6: 1696-1699

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Bushkovitch
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

Continuity, Change and Pragmatism in the Law

Essays in Memory of Professor Angelo Forte

Edited by Andrew RC Simpson, Scott Crichton Styles, Euan West, and Adelyn LM Wilson
Subjects: Law, Legal History

This book in honour of Professor Angelo Forte (1949–2012) covers topics ranging from medieval legal history to the reform of credit rating agencies as a fitting tribute from his former students and colleagues.

Conversations with Scottish Poets

By Marco Fazzini
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Poetry

Conversations with Scottish Poets presents 14 interviews conducted by Marco Fazzini. The interviews provide insight into the ideas and working methods of the individual Scottish poets.

Vita Mea

The Autobiography of Sir Herbert J.C. Grierson

By Cairns Craig
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Literary, Educators

The Wars of Archibald Forbes

By W Hamish Fraser
Subjects: History, General, Biography & Autobiography, Military

Archibald Forbes transformed the profession of war correspondent and was widely regarded as the greatest war correspondent of the nineteenth century and the model with whom all others had to compete. This book by W Hamish Fraser traces his life and work.

The Lost World of John Witherspoon

Unravelling the Snodgrass affair, 1762 to 1776

By Ronald Lyndsay Crawford
Subjects: History, Colonial Period (1600-1775), Scotland

John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) is remembered today as one of only two Scots among the 56 ‘signers’ of the Declaration of American Independence. This book focuses on his earlier career in Scotland and his involvement in the Snodgrass affair in Edinburgh.

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 5: 1690-1695

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Bushkovitch
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

Footloose in Farm Service

Autobiographical Recollections of John Dickie

Edited by Marjory Harper
By John Dickie
Subjects: History, Victorian Era (1837-1901), Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

This short memoir of the Scottish farmworker John Dickie, reflects not only his personal rhythms of life and work, but also the impact of regional and national issues on the farming communities of Victorian Aberdeenshire.

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 4: 1684-1689

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Bushkovitch
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

Medbh McGuckian

The Poetics of Exemplarity

By Shane Alcobia-Murphy
Edited by Craig Cairns
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Poetry
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

This is the first monograph wholly devoted to the poetry of Northern Irish Poet Medbh McGuckian and it argues that her work self-reflexively presents a deeply felt belief in the primacy (and efficacy) of poetry in the modern world.

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 3: 1677-1678

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Bushkovitch
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

Sorley MacLean

By Peter Mackay
Edited by Craig Cairns
Subjects: Literary Criticism, Poetry
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

Sorley MacLean (1911-1996), the greatest Scottish Gaelic poet of the 20th Century, is examined through in-depth case studies of his individual poems and groups of poems. The book raises questions about translation and cultural ownership in modern Scotland

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 1: 1635-1659

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Dukes & Mikhail Ryzhenkov
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Volume 2: 1659-1667

Edited by Dmitry Fedosov
By Patrick Gordon
Contributions by Paul Bushkovitch
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Military
Series: Diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries 1635-1699

Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was a Soldier of Fortune who became a Russian general under Tsar Peter I. He left a detailed diary of his life and times, written in English which has now been published in 6 volumes.

James Boswell

By Murray Pittock
Subjects: History, Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Series: Aberdeen Introductions to Irish and Scottish Culture

This study of James Boswell (1740-95) examines his political and religious sympathies with Jacobitism, Scotland and Catholicism and the way in which he understood his own, and his country’s, uncertain place in the new world of British imperial opportunity

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