Transformation Of Scotland

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748653341
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transformation of Scotland written by Tom M. Devine and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation. Written by leading scholars in the field, it presents 'state of the art' research in an accessible style to all those interested in understanding the historical context of modern Scotland. Fresh interpretations are revealed on such key and controversial issues as the impact of the Union of 1707, the Clearances, the rise and fall of Scottish heavy industry and the recent transformation of the modern economy. The distinctive features of the Scottish economic system are stressed but these are also analysed within a British and international context. The focus of the volume is both broad and detailed with full treatment of agriculture, finance, industry and the service sector as well as the impact of momentous economic changes on the lives of the people and the massive new role in the twentieth century of the state in economic affairs. At a time of intense debate on the present and future condition of Scotland under a devolved parliament and executive, this book provides the essential background and the long-run perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation.

Author : Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780748679768
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of Scotland written by Thomas Martin Devine and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles W J Withers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317332806
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaelic Scotland written by Charles W J Withers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1988, examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the policies of successive governments, the decline of the Gaelic language, the depressing of much of the population into peasantry and the clearances.

Author : Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of Rural Scotland written by Thomas Martin Devine and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the eighteenth century the old peasant society of lowland Scotland disappeared to be replaced by a new order of capitalist farmers and landless labourers. It was one of the most fundamental changes in modern Scottish history, but has never before been studied in detail." "In this groundbreaking book, T. M. Devine uses original and extensive archive material from four representative counties to explore this social revolution - a revolution unparalleled in Western Europe for its speed and scale. He compares developments in the Highlands of Scotland and in agrarian England, and covers a wide range of issues, including: the seventeenth-century rural social structure; the eighteenth-century agrarian economy; landlordism and improvement; the evolution of the tenant farming class; and the dispossession of the cottar class. It is an important and controversial book on a subject which has received inadequate study in the past."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Neil Davidson
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1692-1746 written by Neil Davidson and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading Marxist thinkers re-evaluate Trotsky's key theories -- an ideal introduction for students.

Author : Anthony Cooke
Publisher : John Donald
ISBN 13 : 9781862320680
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of Scotland, 1707 - 1850 written by Anthony Cooke and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1998-01-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course running from January 1998. The successful completion of the course gives students the equivalent to Junior Honours/OU Level 3 and carries 60 SCOTCAT points. The 26 major topics are covered in five books, designed for self-study and written to accompany the course. These volumes are: two tutorial volumes, two volumes of reprinted articles and essays, and a volume of documents. The first half of the course covers the period 1707 to 1850. Beginning with the Union of 1707 and Jacobitism, the course considers topics, including: industrialization, politics, religion, the environment, class, demography and culture, as well as looking at the differences between Highland and Lowland society and economy. The project team for this part of the course includes: C.G. Brown, G. Carruthers, A.J. Cooke, I. Donnachie, W.H. Fraser, M.T.G. Fry, B. Harris, A.I. Macinnes, I. Maver, T.C. Smout, N.L. Tranter, C.A. Whatley, I.D. Whyte and D.J. Withrington. The period 1850 to the present is covered in the second half of the course. Again, a wide range of topics is studied and some topics, such as industrialization, demography, urbanization, religion, class, education, culture, and Highland and Lowland society is continued. The project team for this second part of the course includes: R.D. Anderson, R. Anthony, C.G. Brown, E.A. Cameron, R.J. Finlay, J.O. Foster, C. Harvie, W. Kenefick, R.A. Lambert, I. Levitt, A.J. MacIvor, R.J. Morris and P.L. Payne.

Author : Ian D. Whyte
Publisher : Palgrave
ISBN 13 : 9780333597613
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland's Society and Economy in Transition, C.1500-c.1760 written by Ian D. Whyte and published by Palgrave. This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a number of significant themes in the development of Scotland between the early sixteenth century and the eve of the Industrial Revolution. Each theme involves a key set of relationships: lord and laird, landlord and tenant, kirk and culture, centre and locality, Highland and Lowland, town and country, economic decline and growth. Each theme has been a focus for important new research and together they provide a series of interlocking facets illustrating the dynamic nature, richness and complexity of Scottish society during this period.

Author : Ian D. Whyte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scotland's Society and Economy in Transition, C.1500-c.1760 written by Ian D. Whyte and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last twenty years there has been an explosion of new research into the development of Scotland from a small, backward country on the periphery of Europe to one poised to undergo industrialisation in step with England. This book provides an overview of key themes related to social change and economic development in early Modern Scotland aimed at demonstrating how this transformation occurred.

Author : David McCrone
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473987814
Total Pages : 763 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Sociology of Scotland written by David McCrone and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading sociologist of Scotland, this ground-breaking new introduction is a comprehensive account of the social, political, economic and cultural processes at work in contemporary Scottish society. At a time of major uncertainty and transformation The New Sociology of Scotland explores every aspect of Scottish life. Placed firmly in the context of globalisation, the text: examines a broad range of topics including race and ethnicity, social inequality, national identity, health, class, education, sport, media and culture, among many others. looks at the ramifications of recent political events such as British General Election of 2015, the Scottish parliament election of May 2016, and the Brexit referendum of June 2016. uses learning features such as further reading and discussion questions to stimulate students to engage critically with issues raised. Written in a lucid and accessible style, The New Sociology of Scotland is an indispensable guide for students of sociology and politics.

Author : Graeme Morton
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074862953X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900 written by Graeme Morton and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the experience of everyday life in Scotland over two centuries characterised by political, religious and intellectual change and ferment. It shows how the extraordinary impinged on the ordinary and reveals people's anxieties, joys, comforts, passions, hopes and fears. It also aims to provide a measure of how the impact of change varied from place to place.The authors draw on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, including the material survivals of daily life in town and country, and on the history of government, religion, ideas, painting, literature, and architecture. As B. S. Gregory has put it, everyday history is 'an endeavour that seeks to identify and integrate everything - all relevant material, social, political, and cultural data - that permits the fullest possible reconstruction of ordinary life experiences in all their varied complexity, as they are formed and transformed.'