Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present
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Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present

Volume 2: The Modernisation of Scotland, 1850 to Present v. 2 - 1707 to the Present

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eBook - ePub

Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present

Volume 2: The Modernisation of Scotland, 1850 to Present v. 2 - 1707 to the Present

About this book

This is the second volume of a distance-learning history of Scotland course. This book covers 1850 to the present. 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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Yes, you can access Modern Scottish History: 1707 to the Present by Anthony Cooke, Ian Donnachie, Ann MacSween, Christopher A. Whatley, Anthony Cooke,Ian Donnochie,Anne MacSween, Anthony Cooke, Ian Donnochie, Anne MacSween in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & British History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
John Donald
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781904607618
eBook ISBN
9781788855563

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Picture acknowledgements
  7. List of contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Preface to the second edition
  10. 14 The State
  11. 15 National Identity: From British Empire to European Union
  12. 16 The Highlands since 1850
  13. 17 Industrialisation and Industrial Decline
  14. 18 Demography
  15. 19 Urbanisation
  16. 20 Religion
  17. 21 Women and Gender Relations
  18. 22 Lowland Agriculture and Society
  19. 23 Class
  20. 24 Education
  21. 25 Leisure and Recreation
  22. 26 Culture and Identity
  23. Index