Industry, Business and Society in Scotland Since 1700
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Industry, Business and Society in Scotland Since 1700 by Ajg Cummings
This is a collection of 12 essays penned by former students of John Butt, many of whom are now at the forefront of social and economic history in Scotland themselves. Topics discussed include coal mining, granite manufacturing and the emergence of Edinburgh as a financial centre.
Sir Tom Devine is the Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author or editor of more that forty books on Scottish historical studies and related fields. The only historian to be knighted by HM The Queen ‘for services to the study of Scottish history’, he has been described by The Times newspaper as ‘as close to a national bard as the nation has’.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780859764018 |
| ISBN 10 | 085976401X |
| Title | Industry, Business and Society in Scotland Since 1700 |
| Author | Ajg Cummings |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Donald Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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