The Story of Scotland's Towns
Author : Robert J. Naismith
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Robert J. Naismith
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Patricia Dennison
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 14,19 MB
Release : 2018-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1474409830
A new analysis of mind/body unity, based on the philosophy of Spinoza
Author : Alex Johnson
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1781012423
This ultimate travel guide for bibliophiles explores the most literary towns across the globe—full of charming bookshops, fairs, festivals, and more. The so-called “Book Towns” of the world are dedicated havens of literature, and the ultimate dream of book lovers everywhere. Book Towns takes readers on a richly illustrated tour of the forty semi-officially recognized literary towns around the world and outlines the history and development of each community, and offers practical travel advice. Many Book Towns have emerged in areas of marked attraction, such as Ureña in Spain or Fjaerland in Norway, where bookshops have been set up in buildings including former ferry waiting rooms and banks. While the UK has the best-known examples at Hay, Wigtown and Sedbergh, author and dedicated book collected Alex Johnson visits such far-flung locations as Jimbochu in Japan, College Street in Calcutta, and major unofficial “book cities” such as Buenos Aires.
Author : Jenny Colgan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,50 MB
Release : 2004-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743498607
Meet the Clanswomen... International bestselling authors Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, and Muriel Gray lead off this dazzling collection of stories by popular and rising Scottish women authors. A sometimes wild, sometimes poignant romp through the lives of Scotswomen, Scottish Girls About Town revels in the universal hilarity and strife of being a girl! They're looking for something moor. In Jenny Colgan's "The Fringes," a hapless heroine heads to the Edinburgh "Fringe" -- a massive theatrical and musical festival -- for a night of her own disastrous drama. Isla Dewar offers up "In the Garden of Mrs. Pink," one woman's look back at her girlhood and the life lessons she learned from an eccentric neighbor. In Muriel Gray's "School-Gate Mums," a single mother with killer instincts settles the score with one of the mothers at her son's school. Whether they're racing their flatmates in a weight-loss contest, reconnecting with long-lost friends, or grappling with the men in their lives, these daughters of Scotland prove that no one can top their audacious spirit and Highland charm.
Author : Bob Harris
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0748692584
This heavily illustrated and innovative study is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It establishes a distinctive and much-needed history for the development of Georgian Scots burghs.
Author : George Mackay
Publisher : Waverley Books Limited
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 20,64 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Gazetteers
ISBN : 9781902407876
Containing almost 2000 entries, a history and geography of Scotland. Towns, villages, islands, mountains, lochs and rivers of Scotland.
Author : State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.)
Publisher :
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :
Author : Alistair Moffat
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 085790874X
In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of this great nation, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A History From Earliest Times skilfully weaves together a dazzling array of fact and anecdote from a vast range of sources. The result is an imaginative, informative, balanced and varied portrait of Scotland, seen not just through the experience of the kings, saints, warriors, aristocrats and politicians who populate the pages of conventional history books, but also through that of ordinary people who have lived Scotland's history and have played their own important part in shaping its destiny.
Author : MAUREEN M MEIKLE
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1291518002
The Scottish People, 1490-1625 is one of the most comprehensive texts ever written on Scottish History. All geographical areas of Scotland are covered from the Borders, through the Lowlands to the Gàidhealtachd and the Northern Isles. The chapters look at society and the economy, Women and the family, International relations: war, peace and diplomacy, Law and order: the local administration of justice in the localities, Court and country: the politics of government, The Reformation: preludes, persistence and impact, Culture in Renaissance Scotland: education, entertainment, the arts and sciences, and Renaissance architecture: the rebuilding of Scotland. In many past general histories there was a relentless focus upon the elite, religion and politics. These are key features of any medieval and early modern history books, but The Scottish People looks at less explored areas of early-modern Scottish History such as women, how the law operated, the lives of everyday folk, architecture, popular belief and culture.
Author : Sybil Cavanagh
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1912387794
It would require many volumes to capture the variety and complexity of Whitburn's history – this book can only give a faint indication of how much has happened over the last 300 years of Whitburn's history and why the town developed as it did. So many of its people lived, died and left no trace behind but it's hoped that this book has suggested something of what their lives were like. Unknown to or overlooked by many, the small town of Whitburn in central Scotland has a varied and radical past of change and hardship. Forced to forever flow with the tide of national developments, the town's early success in the weaving industry gave way to the coal boom and the war years of the 20th century. The 1980s brought a long struggle against unemployment caused by the downfall of the coal industry, a struggle that is still being had as a result of modern-day developments such as recession, modernisation of businesses and online processes. In some ways, Whitburn is like any other small Scottish town but its radical streak and strength of heart sets it apart. Reaching across centuries, this bookis a comprehensive account of the town from birth to the present day and everything in between, showing the difficulties of surviving in an ever-changing social, political and financial climate. More than a history of a town, this is the story of its people's resilience and their constant fight to survive change.