Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000 by W Hamish Fraser

Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000 by W Hamish Fraser

Aberdeen is a city shaped by its geography, climate and architecture. Like the land from which it grew, its projects qualities of hard work and fortitude, firm solidity, self-confidence and aspiration. It is a city with a character and personality that reflects its people. Conservative and "canny" in some senses, it has often been radical and inovative in its This book provides an understanding of the changes that have taken place in Aberdeen's economic and social structure since 1800, from the age of textiles to the age of oil. It analyzes changes in work patterns, housing, education, economy, social welfare, religion, local government, leisure and culture, and discusses the effects of national and international market forces, periods of instability and high growth, and political struggles. It features many of the people who played an important part in this period of Aberdeen's history. This history by 13 historians, economists, political scientists and geographers, shows that Aberdeen has survived economic upheavals and the disruption of two world wars, emerging as an independent city with a sense of its own worth and values.politics and in tackling social issues.

W. Hamish Fraser is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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ISBN 13	9781862321083
ISBN 10	1862321086
Titel	Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000
Autor	W Hamish Fraser
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Birlinn General
Erscheinungsjahr	2000-11-30
Seitenanzahl	400
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