Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Industry, Reform and Empire : Scotland, 1790-1880 / Iain Hutchison.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New Edinburgh History of Scotland : NEHSPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) : 10 B/W illustrationsContent type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9780748615124
  • 9780748628483
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.1081 23
LOC classification:
  • DA815 .H88 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- General Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Agrarian Economy and Society -- Chapter 2 The Manufacturing Economy -- Chapter 3 Urban Society -- Chapter 4 Urban Social Conditions -- Chapter 5 The Presbyterian Churches -- Chapter 6 Assimilation and Acculturation -- Chapter 7 Politics in the Era of Revolutions, c. 1780–1815 -- Chapter 8 Politics in the Last Years of the Unreformed System, 1815–32 -- Chapter 9 Politics in the Age of the First Reform Act, 1832–c. 1865 -- Chapter 10 Inching towards Democracy: Politics, c. 1865–80 -- Conclusion: Approaching Niagara? -- Guide to Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Charts the major political developments in a particularly turbulent phase of Scottish historySix thematic chapters outline the complex social, cultural and economic contexts which shaped the political landscapeFour chronological chapters provide a survey of political developments through revolution, the First Reform Act and the move to democracy Includes a bibliography and further reading guide Industry, Reform and Empire traces the evolution of politics from a repressive, reactionary and electorally restricted regime before 1832 to an era of wider franchise and sweeping institutional reform. Focusing on the impact of rapid industrialisation, the author shows how it transformed the economic and social identity of urban and rural Scotland. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, the book reveals the effects of these economic and political changes on the fabric of Scottish society, including the convulsions they caused in Presbyterianism that culminated in the Disruption of 1843.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748628483

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- General Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Agrarian Economy and Society -- Chapter 2 The Manufacturing Economy -- Chapter 3 Urban Society -- Chapter 4 Urban Social Conditions -- Chapter 5 The Presbyterian Churches -- Chapter 6 Assimilation and Acculturation -- Chapter 7 Politics in the Era of Revolutions, c. 1780–1815 -- Chapter 8 Politics in the Last Years of the Unreformed System, 1815–32 -- Chapter 9 Politics in the Age of the First Reform Act, 1832–c. 1865 -- Chapter 10 Inching towards Democracy: Politics, c. 1865–80 -- Conclusion: Approaching Niagara? -- Guide to Further Reading -- Bibliography -- Index

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

Charts the major political developments in a particularly turbulent phase of Scottish historySix thematic chapters outline the complex social, cultural and economic contexts which shaped the political landscapeFour chronological chapters provide a survey of political developments through revolution, the First Reform Act and the move to democracy Includes a bibliography and further reading guide Industry, Reform and Empire traces the evolution of politics from a repressive, reactionary and electorally restricted regime before 1832 to an era of wider franchise and sweeping institutional reform. Focusing on the impact of rapid industrialisation, the author shows how it transformed the economic and social identity of urban and rural Scotland. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, the book reveals the effects of these economic and political changes on the fabric of Scottish society, including the convulsions they caused in Presbyterianism that culminated in the Disruption of 1843.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)