Devine also discusses the problems with the Scoto-centric (Scots invented and did everything good and useful in the world we know) point of view in the first chapter, if I remember correctly; it comes up on the forum from time to time...

I have tried very hard to understand the "Jock Scot" point of view about the kilt and Scottish culture, and in doing so, I have very much come to understand it is not my culture. So I try to avoid attributing our crazy American ways, like canvas kilts, to Scottish culture. That's all I can do.