Money talks: Banknote iconography and symbolic constructions of Scotland

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 821-842

  Penrose, Jan ^a   Cumming, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'corporate nation'; Banknotes; Nation building; National iconography; Scotland; Unionist nationalism

Indexed keywords

ICONOGRAPHY; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONAL POLITICS; NATIONALISM; STATE BUILDING; SYMBOLISM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

LACUNA;

EID: 80053284855     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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