British & Irish History: From C 1900 -
BIC code: HBCW
See also: History & Archaeology
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£14.99Aberdeen, 1800-2000: A New History - Paperback
This text presents an overview of the huge changes that have taken place in Aberdeen's economic and social structure over the last 200 years, from the age of textiles to the age of oil, including changes in work patterns, housing and education. -
£35.00Anglo-Scottish Relations, From 1900 To Devolution And Beyond - Hardback
Tracing the relationship between Scotland and England following the unifying reign of Queen Victoria, through the devolution debates and into a future where the union will be under continuing pressure to evolve, this text looks at tensions between the Scots and the English and the implications for the union. -
£20.00'As Good As A Holiday': Potato Harvesting In The Lothians From 1870 To The Present - - Paperback
In Scotland the potato harvest has been the last large-scale agricultural process to be mechanized. Until recently, it was undertaken by a large number of people. This text examines that work in an area of Scotland famous for its potato growing. - £12.99Ayr: The Way We Were - - Paperback
The author presents hundreds of fascinating true stories about the town of ayr from 1900 to 2006. -
£30.00Balfour: The Last Grandee - - Hardback
This is an authoritative and comprehensive biography of the Conservative Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour. - £9.99Balfour: The Last Grandee - - Paperback
This is an authoritative and comprehensive biography of the Conservative Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour. -
£12.99Be Well!: Jewish Immigrant Health And Welfare In Glasgow, 1860-1914 - - Paperback
There were many health problems in Victorian Glasgow. Infectious diseases were common amid slum conditions and poverty. This book looks at the response of the Jewish community in Glasgow to its health problems. - £4.99Bonnie Fechters: Women In Scotland 1900-1950 - - Paperback
The thread which runs through this evocative record of Scotswomen's lives in the first 50 years of the 20th century is that of women struggling to find some expression for their natural talents within the strictures which were imposed on their working and social life. - £7.95Bonnie Scotland - - Hardback
This text is based on observations and writings of travellers, who were contemporaries of the artists. It is a selection of the work of artists of the period who painted the landscapes, townsscapes and people they knew and loved. -
£9.99A Century Of The Scottish People 1830-1950 - - Paperback
Professor Smout continues to ask one simple question throughout this book: Why? This is an illuminating analysis of the history of the Scottish people, illustrating the great social gap between poverty and riches.