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Industry and Ethos : Scotland 1832-1914 / Olive Checkland, Sydney Checkland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New History of Scotland : NHSPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748601028
  • 9781474465694
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.1081
LOC classification:
  • DA815.C44 1989
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Scottish Identity -- Part I. The Victorian Generations -- 1. Entrepreneurs and Industries -- 2. The Urbanization of Scotland -- 3. The Rural and the Highland Scot -- 4. Class, Power and Politics -- 5. The Scottish Working Classes -- 6. The Welfare and Education of the People -- 7. Religion, Morals and Social Responsibility -- 8. The Intellect, the Arts and the Sciences -- 9. The Outward Impact: the Empire and Beyond -- 10. The Scottish Nation and the British State -- Part II. The Edwardian and Georgian Coda -- 11. The Mature Economy and its Urban Setting -- 12. The Scottish Version of Industrial Society -- 13. Women: Hopes and Aspirations -- A Note on Further Reading -- Appendix: Chronological Table -- Index
Summary: This book celebrates the emergence of the Scots and Scotland from centuries of poverty and backwardness as the nineteenth century saw Scottish locomotives and ships working on land and sea throughout the world, and Scottish technology leading the way. It analyses the ways in which Scots retained their strong sense of national identity despite considerable industrial and social upheaval and asks the question: who are the Scots?
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Scottish Identity -- Part I. The Victorian Generations -- 1. Entrepreneurs and Industries -- 2. The Urbanization of Scotland -- 3. The Rural and the Highland Scot -- 4. Class, Power and Politics -- 5. The Scottish Working Classes -- 6. The Welfare and Education of the People -- 7. Religion, Morals and Social Responsibility -- 8. The Intellect, the Arts and the Sciences -- 9. The Outward Impact: the Empire and Beyond -- 10. The Scottish Nation and the British State -- Part II. The Edwardian and Georgian Coda -- 11. The Mature Economy and its Urban Setting -- 12. The Scottish Version of Industrial Society -- 13. Women: Hopes and Aspirations -- A Note on Further Reading -- Appendix: Chronological Table -- Index

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This book celebrates the emergence of the Scots and Scotland from centuries of poverty and backwardness as the nineteenth century saw Scottish locomotives and ships working on land and sea throughout the world, and Scottish technology leading the way. It analyses the ways in which Scots retained their strong sense of national identity despite considerable industrial and social upheaval and asks the question: who are the Scots?

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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