200:, Politics and VR/XR. His research includes groundbreaking books on the Jacobite literature and the Jacobite armies, and on the nature of national culture, the construction of Celtic identities and the existence and nature of a distinctive Scottish Romanticism. His work has appeared in Braille, French, Hebrew, Mandarin and Spanish as well as in English, and he has appeared in global media over 2000 times in 55 countries. His study of Culloden was selected by Jeremy Black as his choice for one of the ten "best history books of the year" by History Today and was recommended by Conservative MP Keith Simpson for reading by all non-Scottish MPs. In 2018, Pittock published the first ever scholarly edition of Robert Burns and James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum in two volumes and a book which challenges the conventional dates for the Enlightenment and uses Smart City theory to explore the early modern city. In 2022, he published Scotland: The Global History with Yale University Press (Spectator Book of the Year choice among other awards
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214:(Holyrood) Europe Committee on Scotland's international strategy, that the country's image is two centuries old, one of 'castles, mountains, heather and whisky' and less external awareness exists of a modern 'cutting edge' brand image, with a focus on the country's scientific innovation including developments on 'climate change, digital, cultural, progressive and humanitarian legislation.'
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274:(2016, reprinted 2017, 2022; Folio Society, 2021)
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