Industrial nation : work, culture and society in Scotland, 1800 - present

This is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers (industrial, political, manufacturing, mining and engineering, as well as religious, union, educational and moral) who produced the first and suffered in the second. Political, social and economic events, movements and trends are welded together in a well-ordered and vivid narrative. It assumes almost no prior knowledge, and introduces the reader gently to the central debates about the nature and course of modern Scottish History. The style is clear and spare - with frequent dry, witty asides; it will be ideal for the student, but will equally appeal to the general reader interested in modern Scottish history. It is illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, with guides to further reading and a full index. Key Features \* The first systematic and economic history of modern Scotland \* A vivid chronological narrative account \* Generously illustrated with contemporary illustrations CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction PART I: SOCIAL CHANGE AND POLITICAL RADICALISM, 1800-1850 1. Interpretations 2. The Social Consequences of Industrial and Urban Growth, 1800-1850 3. 'Rough and Respectable': The Culture of the Scottish Working Classes, 1800-1850 4. Technological Change and Workplace Struggles, 1800-1850 5. Class Struggle and Growth of Trade Unions in Scotland, 1800-1850 6. Nation v. Class: Radical Struggles in Scotland, 1800-1850 PART II: MID-VICTORIAN SCOTLAND AND THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS, 1850-1880 7. Interpretations 8. Heavy Industry and Social Change, 1850-1880 9. Respectability and the Scottish Working Classes, 1850-1880 10. Skill and Managerial Authority, 1850-1880 11. Trade Unionism in Scotland, 1850-1880: A New Model? 12. A Mid-Victorian Political Consensus? Labour Politics in Scotland, 1850-1880 PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF LABOUR, 1880-1914 13. Interpretations 14. Relative Economic Decline and the Problem of Poverty 15. Drink, Football and Sectarianism: Working-Class Culture in Scotland, 1880-1914 16. Skill Under Pressure: Changes in the Workplace, 1880-1914 17. Trade Unionism on the March, 1880-1914 18. The Challenge of Socialism, 1880-1914 PART IV: WAR, DEPRESSION AND THE REMAKING OF LABOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1914-1945 19. Interpretations 20. 'Starving in the Midst of Plenty': Economic Depression and the Social Impact of Mass Unemployment, 1914-1945 21. Billies and Dans in the Jazz Age: Working-Class Culture and the Labour Movement in Scotland, 1914-1945 22. Technological Change and the Skilled Worker, 1914-1945 23. Trade Unionism in a Cold Climate, 1914-1945 24. The Remaking of the Politcal Culture of the Scottish Working Class, 1914-1945 PART V: THE COLLAPSE OF THE CRAFT CULTURE AND THE RISE OF NEW LABOUR IN SCOTLAND, 1945-1990s 25. Interpretations 26. 'From Ships to Chips': Economic and Social Change in Scotland, 1945-1990s 27. The Affluent Worker? Working-Class Culture, 1945-1990s 28. The End of Skill? Work and Workplace Relations in Scotland, 1945-1990s 29. The Demise of Craft Unionism and the Rise of White-Collar Unions in Scotland, 1945-1990s 30. Labour and Nationalism: Working-Class Politics in Scotland, 1945-1990s Select Bibliography Notes Index

Generously illustrated with contemporary maps, photos, and drawings, this is a social and cultural history of Scotland's industrial rise and relative decline, concerned above all with the leaders and workers (industrail, political, manufacturing, mining and engineering, as well as religious, union, eduational, and moral) who produced the first and suffered in the second. Political, social, and economic events, movements and trens are welded together in a well-ordered and vivid narrative. It assumes almost no prior knowledge, and introduces the reader gently to the nature and course of modern Scottish history. The style is clear and sparse, with frequent dry, witty asides.

Edinburgh University Press

This is a history of the people of Scotland during two centuries of industrial rise and decline, economic recovery, and national reawakening. It is concerned above all with the leaders and workers - in industry, mining and engineering, as well as in politics, religion, trade unions and education - who created the great industrial nation of the nineteenth century, and strove to counter its decline in the twentieth. Political, social and economic events, movements and trends are welded together in a vivid narrative. Industrial Nation is the first systematic social and economic history of modern Scotland. It is illustrated with contemporary illustrations with guides to further reading