(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jul-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: John Donald Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780859767309)
In the early 1820s, Thomas Harvie, a newly rich, arrogant Glasgow distiller, bought Westthorn estate on the eastern edge of the city close to the north bank of the River Clyde. To establish the bounds of his property and keep out intruders, he erecte...Loe edasi...
A fresh account of the remarkable rise of Dundee as a global industrial city – and the origins of its later demise. The background to jute, the product most closely associated with Dundee, is investigated in unprecedented depth. The role of flax a...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Nov-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9781399537810)
Describes and reassesses the long-term industrial development of Dundee, emphasising the ever-shifting dynamics of textile production in shaping the city’s history A fresh account of the remarkable rise of Dundee as a global industrial cit...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Sep-2023, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: John Donald Short Run Press, ISBN-13: 9781910900970)
This book celebrates the history and the rebirth of the salt industry in Scotland. Although manufacturing declined in the nineteenth century and was wound up in the 1950s, in the second decade of the twenty-first century the trade was revived. Scotl...Loe edasi...
Mark C. Wallace, Corey Andrews, Jane Rendall, Christopher A. Whatley, David Allan, Bob Harris, Jacqueline Jenkinson, Ralph McLean, James J. Caudle, Rhona Brown...
Association and Enlightenment focuses on the distinctive and complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. This edited volume offers a new approach to their history, bringing together the polite culture of the eighteent...Loe edasi...
Mark C. Wallace, Corey Andrews, Jane Rendall, Christopher A. Whatley, David Allan, Bob Harris, Jacqueline Jenkinson, Ralph McLean, James J. Caudle, Rhona Brown...
Sari: Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-Dec-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: Rutgers University Press, ISBN-13: 9781684482672)
Association and Enlightenment focuses on the distinctive and complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. This edited volume offers a new approach to their history, bringing together the polite culture of the eighteent...Loe edasi...
saadame teile pakkumise kasutatud raamatule, mille hind võib erineda kodulehel olevast hinnast
Pabay lies in Skye’s Inner Sound, off the crofting village of Breakish and the small adjoining town of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norwegian papa-ey signifying ‘island of priests’. Many visitors since th...Loe edasi...
One tall tree on the mountain once marked Grandfathers farm. Now there is a busy city and Grandfather lives with us in our apartment.Once he told stories but now he stays silent. Until one day, in the city market, I find something precious . . . som...Loe edasi...
Public opinion in Scotland in 1707 was sharply divided, between advocates of Union, opponents, and a large body of dont knows. In 1706-7 it was party (and dynastic) advantage that was the main reason for opposition to the proposed union at elite l...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2014, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748680269)
Public opinion in Scotland in 1707 was sharply divided, between advocates of Union, opponents, and a large body of dont knows. In 1706-7 it was party (and dynastic) advantage that was the main reason for opposition to the proposed union at elite l...Loe edasi...
Victorian Dundee: a city grown prosperous on more than a centurys lead in linen production and for a time the worlds jute capital - Juteopolis. But textile production was accompanied by a strong sense of civic pride, some remarkable architectural...Loe edasi...
David Strachan, Alia Campbell, Derek Hall, Richard Oram, Alan MacDonald, Mary Verschuur, Christopher A. Whatley, Chris Fleet, Charles McKean, Rhoda Fothergill...
Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a lover of science and technology, co-founder of actor-network theory, and philosopher of a modernity that had "never been modern." In the meantime he is regarded not just as one of the most int...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Feb-2010, Hardback, Kirjastus: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748619641)
This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, social and economic change. It underlines the importance of the church in post-Reformation Scottish socie...Loe edasi...
This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, social and economic change. It underlines the importance of the church in post-Reformation Scottish socie...Loe edasi...
This fascinating title traces the evolution of Dundee from wealthy renaissance port --- and second city of Scotland --- to international textiles manufacturer and trader. Until now, despite being at the heart of key events in Scottish history, Dundee...Loe edasi...
