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Introduction
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations xi
- General Editor’s Preface xiii
- Introduction 1
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Part One
- Chapter 1 Progress and Poverty: Scottish Society, 1880 to 1914 7
- Chapter 2 Enterprise and Initiative: The Scottish Economy, 1880 to 1939 35
- Chapter 3 ‘An Exuberant Verbosity’: Scottish Politics in the 1880s 54
- Chapter 4 ‘Volcanic Upheavals’: Scottish Politics before the Great War 79
- Chapter 5 ‘Ower the Hill’: Scotland and the Great War 102
- Chapter 6 Poverty without Progress? Scottish Society in the Inter- war Period 125
- Chapter 7 ‘Miracles and Politics Don’t Mix’: Political Change in the Inter- war Period 150
- Chapter 8 Total War, 1939 to 1945 175
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Part Two
- Chapter 9 The Social Revolution: Scottish Society since 1945 199
- Chapter 10 The End of Industrial Scotland: The Economy since 1945 236
- Chapter 11 Unionist Scotland: Politics, 1945 to 1970 263
- Chapter 12 The 1970s: A Decade of Scottish Politics 289
- Chapter 13 Mothering Devolution: Scottish Politics, 1979 to 1997 320
- Chapter 14 New Labour, New Parliament, New Scotland? 349
- Bibliography 372
- Index 421
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Illustrations vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Abbreviations xi
- General Editor’s Preface xiii
- Introduction 1
-
Part One
- Chapter 1 Progress and Poverty: Scottish Society, 1880 to 1914 7
- Chapter 2 Enterprise and Initiative: The Scottish Economy, 1880 to 1939 35
- Chapter 3 ‘An Exuberant Verbosity’: Scottish Politics in the 1880s 54
- Chapter 4 ‘Volcanic Upheavals’: Scottish Politics before the Great War 79
- Chapter 5 ‘Ower the Hill’: Scotland and the Great War 102
- Chapter 6 Poverty without Progress? Scottish Society in the Inter- war Period 125
- Chapter 7 ‘Miracles and Politics Don’t Mix’: Political Change in the Inter- war Period 150
- Chapter 8 Total War, 1939 to 1945 175
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Part Two
- Chapter 9 The Social Revolution: Scottish Society since 1945 199
- Chapter 10 The End of Industrial Scotland: The Economy since 1945 236
- Chapter 11 Unionist Scotland: Politics, 1945 to 1970 263
- Chapter 12 The 1970s: A Decade of Scottish Politics 289
- Chapter 13 Mothering Devolution: Scottish Politics, 1979 to 1997 320
- Chapter 14 New Labour, New Parliament, New Scotland? 349
- Bibliography 372
- Index 421