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Impaled upon a thistle : Scotland since 1880 / Ewen A Cameron

By: Series: The new Edinburgh history of Scotland ; v. 10Publication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, Description: xiv, 433 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780748613151
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DA821 .C36 2010
Contents:
Progress and poverty : Scottish society, 1880 to 1914 -- Enterprise and initiative : the Scottish economy, 1880 to 1939 -- 'An exuberant verbosity' : Scottish politics in the 1880s -- 'Volcanic upheavals' : Scottish politics before the Great War -- 'Ower the Hill' -- Poverty without progress? Scottish society in the inter-war period -- 'Miracles and politics don't mix' : political change in the inter-war period -- Total war, 1939 to 1945 -- The social revolution : Scottish society since 1945 -- The end of industrial Scotland : the economy since 1945 -- Unionist Scotland : politics, 1945 to 1970 -- The 1970s : a decade of Scottish politics -- Mothering devolution : Scottish politics, 1979 to 1997 -- New Labour, new parliament, new Scotland?

Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-420) and index.

Progress and poverty : Scottish society, 1880 to 1914 -- Enterprise and initiative : the Scottish economy, 1880 to 1939 -- 'An exuberant verbosity' : Scottish politics in the 1880s -- 'Volcanic upheavals' : Scottish politics before the Great War -- 'Ower the Hill' -- Poverty without progress? Scottish society in the inter-war period -- 'Miracles and politics don't mix' : political change in the inter-war period -- Total war, 1939 to 1945 -- The social revolution : Scottish society since 1945 -- The end of industrial Scotland : the economy since 1945 -- Unionist Scotland : politics, 1945 to 1970 -- The 1970s : a decade of Scottish politics -- Mothering devolution : Scottish politics, 1979 to 1997 -- New Labour, new parliament, new Scotland?

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