The Historical Geography of Scotland Since 1707: Geographical Aspects of Modernisation

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Cambridge University Press, Aug 4, 2005 - History - 368 pages
This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the historical geography of Scotland since the Union. The period is divided into sections separated by the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, and each section offers a general view followed by detailed studies giving a balanced coverage of regional and urban-rural criteria, and the economic infrastructure. The book contains a number of original researches and Dr Turnock attempts to set the Scottish experience in a framework of general ideas on modernisation.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Scotland before 1707
13
Scotland from 1707 to 1821
35
General review
37
Agricultural improvement
66
The planned village movement
85
The whisky industry
97
Scotland from 1821 to 1914
109
Scotland since 1914
193
General review
195
Planning for the Central Belt
243
Forestry
250
Island perspectives
275
Conclusion
278
Appendix
289
Notes
295

General review
113
Glasgow and the Clyde
153
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156
The iron and steel industry
167
Crofting in north Scotland
179
Bibliography
337
Index 195
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