Social History
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See also: History & Archaeology
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Add to BasketCarrying On: Fettes College, War And The World, 1870-2010
£20.00
- Hardback - Matador
For almost 150 years, Fettes College has educated young people to play their part in society. Built on profits from the French wars of the 18th century, it embodied the Victorian virtues of duty, sportsmanship and hard work. This book records Fettes' interaction with war and the world from its early days through to the 21st century. -
Add to BasketThe Cottagers Of Glenburnie: And Other Educational Writings
£21.25
- Hardback - Association for Scottish Literary Studies
'The Cottagers of Glenburnie' presents vivid depictions - and biting satires - of Scottish peasant life. It also skillfully discusses and dissects class issues, British imperialism, and war. -
Add to BasketThe Cottagers Of Glenburnie: And Other Educational Writings
£8.46
- Paperback - Association for Scottish Literary Studies
'The Cottagers of Glenburnie' presents vivid depictions - and biting satires - of Scottish peasant life. It also skillfully discusses and dissects class issues, British imperialism, and war. -
Add to BasketThe Cornkister Days: A Portrait Of A Land And Its Rituals
£6.74
- Paperback - Birlinn
Completing his rural trilogy portraying the old farming landscapes of Scotland's North-East Lowlands, David Kerr Cameron picks his way through the upheavals of the 18th and early 19th century towards a landscape we recognise today. -
Add to BasketCountry Life In Scotland: Our Rural Past
£8.49
- Paperback - Birlinn
This updated version of 'Scottish Country Life' provides a vivid picture of the way in which the countryside has changed over the past 300 years, and the people who have changed with it - their ways of working, their tools and equipment, their homes and way of life, and their food. -
Add to BasketA Crime So Monstrous: A Shocking Exposé Of Modern-Day Sex Slavery, Human Trafficking And Urban Child Markets
£8.49
- Paperback - Mainstream
'A Crime So Monstrous' paints a stark picture of modern slavery. The author infiltrates trafficking networks and slave sales on five continents, exposing a flesh trade never before portrayed with such vivid detail. -
Add to BasketCrowdie And Cream And Other Stories
£9.34
- Paperback - Warner
Finlay J. Macdonald enjoyed a long and successful career as a BBC talks producer and later as a television director. This omnibus edition presents Macdonald's memoirs of his childhood in the Hebrides. -
Add to BasketA Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race & The Soul Of America
£12.74
- Paperback - Canongate
'A Change is Gonna Come' tells the story of more than 40 years of black music. From Ray Charles to Ice Cube, it draws lively character sketches of all the major musicians, filling in the background historical events. -
Add to BasketThe Culture Of Protestantism In Early Modern Scotland
£40.00
- Hardback - Yale University Press
The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century brought a radical shift from a profoundly sensual and ceremonial experience of religion to the dominance of the word through book and sermon. This study explores how such a drastic shift was accomplished. -
Add to BasketThe Companion Guide To Edinburgh And The Borders
£14.44
- Companion Guides
This work is a guide to buildings where kings were born or some of their subjects assassinated, streets trodden by Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie, a city of writers and artists, and latterly the Festival.
