Investment And Railways In Nineteenth Century Scotland
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The Origins of the Scottish Railway System
Author | : C.J.A. Robertson |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2003-11-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1788853415 |
By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events. This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the advent of the railway mania of the 1840s. It concentrates on the planning and formation of the various railways, the problems and achievements associated with their construction, and the financial records of the companies up to 1844. The first two chapters cover the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century and the coal railways of the early nineteenth century, while Chapters 3–5 cover the railways of the 1830s and 1840s.
Money, Mania and Markets
Author | : R. C. Michie |
Publisher | : Humanities Press International |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Transformation of Scotland
Author | : Tom M. Devine |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2019-07-29 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : 0748653341 |
This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation. Written by leading scholars in the field, it presents 'state of the art' research in an accessible style to all those interested in understanding the historical context of modern Scotland. Fresh interpretations are revealed on such key and controversial issues as the impact of the Union of 1707, the Clearances, the rise and fall of Scottish heavy industry and the recent transformation of the modern economy. The distinctive features of the Scottish economic system are stressed but these are also analysed within a British and international context. The focus of the volume is both broad and detailed with full treatment of agriculture, finance, industry and the service sector as well as the impact of momentous economic changes on the lives of the people and the massive new role in the twentieth century of the state in economic affairs. At a time of intense debate on the present and future condition of Scotland under a devolved parliament and executive, this book provides the essential background and the long-run perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation.
Scotland in the Nineteenth Century
Author | : J. A. Haythornthwaite |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 17 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Scottish railways |
ISBN | : |
Studies in Scottish Business History
Author | : Peter L. Payne |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136606661 |
This book was first published in 1967. This volume contains a number of essays looking at Scottish business history, its sources and archives. Section two explores domestic and enterprise organsation with examples of lead-mining, joint stock and he law, the Glasglow savings bank and the east coast herring fishing. Section three expands Scottish Enterprise overseas from 1707 to the nineteeth century.
The Scottish Historical Review
Author | : James Maclehose |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Scotland |
ISBN | : |
A new series of the Scottish antiquary established 1886.
The West Highland Railway
Author | : John Alexander McGregor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850
Author | : Richard Brown |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2002-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134982763 |
For both contemporaries and later historians the Industrial Revolution is viewed as a turning point' in modern British history. There is no doubt that change occurred, but what was the nature of that change and how did affect rural and urban society? Beginning with an examination of the nature of history and Britain in 1700, this volume focuses on the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Unlike many previous textbooks on the same period, it emphasizes British history, and deals with developments in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in their own right. It is the emphasis on the diversity, not the uniformity of experience, on continuities as well as change in this crucial period of development, which makes this volume distinctive. In his companion title Richard Brown completes his examination of the period and looks at the changes that took place in Britain's political system and in its religious affiliations.