Conflict and Stability in Scottish Society 1700 ? 1850

Devine, T.M. (editor)

Published by John Donald, 1990

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Hardback in black cloth boards, gilt titles, previous owner?s name label on front endpaper, otherwise in Fine condition. Dustwrapper has some sunning to the spine, otherwise in Fine condition, in a clear protective archival wrapper. First edition, pp139, index. Between the early eighteenth and the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Scottish society was transformed by industrialisation, urbanisation and major changes in agriculture and rural society. The rate of town and city growth was among the fastest in western Europe, migration and emigration accelerated and the traditional way of life in the Highland and Lowland countryside was brought to an end through the pressures of market demand and landlord strategy. Such a major upheaval created increased social tension. Conflict and Stabilitiy in Scottish Society challenges the previously accepted view that this major upheaval in Scottish life did not stimulate much unrest and that a modern industrial society developed relatively smoothly. The papers here, given at the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar at Strathclyde University in 1988?89, suggest that protest was more common, more enduring and more diverse than is usually supposed. Seller Inventory # 012392

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Title: Conflict and Stability in Scottish Society ...

Publisher: John Donald

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine