A Century of the Scottish People, 1830-1950Sequel to Smout's "A History of the Scottish People 1560- 1830," this book explores life in tenement and factory; croft and fishing village; drink and temperance; religion in schism and decline; sex and marriage; emigration from country to town. |
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Acknowledgements xili Introduction | 1 |
Scotland in the 1830s and 1840s 7285 | 7 |
The Tenement City | 32 |
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