
Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present
Volume 1: The Transformation of Scotland, 1707-1850 v. 1 - 1707 to the Present
- 288 pages
- English
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Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present
Volume 1: The Transformation of Scotland, 1707-1850 v. 1 - 1707 to the Present
About this book
This is the first volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course. 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Picture Acknowledgements
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1 The Union of 1707
- 2 Jacobitism
- 3 Politics
- 4 Religion
- 5 Rural Transformation and Lowland Society
- 6 Demography
- 7 Aspects of Industrialisation before 1850
- 8 Urbanisation
- 9 Highland Society in the Era of ‘Improvement’
- 10 Social Class
- 11 Environment
- 12 Culture
- 13 Education
- Index