The Social And Industrial History Of Scotland From The Union To The Present Time

Author : James McKinnon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266380894
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Social and Industrial History of Scotland written by James McKinnon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Social and Industrial History of Scotland: From the Union to the Present Time In a recently published work (messrs Blackie Son) the author reviewed the Social and Industrial History of Scotland from the earliest times to the Union. In the present work he reviews this branch of Scottish History from the Union to the present time. There is room for such a work, in View of the Widespread interest at the present time in social and industrial history, and the lack of an adequate review of that of Scotland during the last two centuries. The valuable works of Sir Henry Craik and Dr Mathieson do not go beyond 1843, and are, besides, largely concerned With politics in church and state. The special work of Mr Bremner on The Industries of Scotland, published in 1869, is full of valuable information as far as it goes, but is rather ill arranged and ill digested. The half century from 1869 to the present time has been largely left in abeyance by the historian. It is one of extraordinary and complicated development, particularly in the industrial sphere, and should appeal strongly to the reader of to - day, inasmuch as it is bound up so closely With his own experience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.