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  • Cover scan of Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1688 To 1746
    Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1688 To 1746
    Neil Davidson - Hardback - Pluto
    By exploring the political and economic changes of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Scotland Neil Davidson reveals how social and economic power was transferred from one class to another to take the nation from a feudal economy to a new centre or focus of power for the emerging capitalist system.
  • Cover scan of Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1688 To 1746
    Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1688 To 1746
    Neil Davidson - Paperback - Pluto
    By exploring the political and economic changes of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Scotland Neil Davidson reveals how social and economic power was transferred from one class to another to take the nation from a feudal economy to a new centre or focus of power for the emerging capitalist system.
  • Cover scan of The Darien Disaster
    The Darien Disaster
    John Prebble - Paperback - Pimlico
    In the early 1700s, the Scottish parliament set out to establish a colony in America in defiance of the King and the hostility of the English. Three years later the Darien enterprise failed at the cost of 2000 men's lives and half the wealth of Scotland.
  • Cover scan of David Livingstone
    David Livingstone: Mission And Empire
    Andrew C. Ross - Hardback - Hambledon and London
    David Livingstone was one of the supreme representatives of the British Empire whose reputation has swung between extremes of adulation and dismissal. This book is an account of Livingstone's life and his achievements.
  • Cover scan of Deeside And The Mearns
    Deeside And The Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
    Jane Geddes - Paperback - Rutland
    Tracing the history of architecture in Deeside and the Mearns, this guide features old, new and occasionally demolished buildings interspersed with historical anecdotes of people connected with the area.
  • Cover scan of Doon The Watter
    Doon The Watter: A Century Of Holidays On The Clyde
    Robert Jeffrey; Ian Watson - Hardback - B & W
    The authors present a unique collection of photographs from the archives of the Herald in Glasgow depicting life doon the watter. This is a nostalgic look at the way we used to live, as well as a journey around the seaside towns of the Clyde.
  • Cover scan of Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks
    Dive Scotland's Greatest Wrecks
    Rod Macdonald - Hardback - Mainstream
    This guide should aid the thousands of divers who visit Scotland from all over the world each year. It details, with the aid of photographs, illustrations and maps, just what the visiting diver can expect to encounter amongst the wrecks.
  • Cover scan of Damn' Rebel Bitches
    Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women Of The '45
    Maggie Craig - Paperback - Mainstream
    Craig tells the stories of the many women caught up in the last Jacobite Rising, some of whom gave money and hospitality, acted as spies and raised men for Prince Charles' army, and others who had no choice, who were raped and persecuted after Culloden.
  • Cover scan of The Democratic Intellect
    The Democratic Intellect: Scotland And Her Universities In The Nineteenth Century
    George Elder Davie - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    Scotland's generalist approach to higher education characterised the country's intellectual life, even into the 19th century, when economic, social and political pressures enforced an increasing conformity to English models. This is an account of the history of these movements.
  • Cover scan of A Diverse Assembly
    A Diverse Assembly: The Debate On A Scottish Parliament
    Lindsay Paterson - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
    The 1997 Scottish Referendum confirmed the wish of the Scottish people for their first Parliament in almost 300 years. In this book Paterson draws together a collection of the key arguments for and against the reinstating of a Scottish Parliament.

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