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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
Book Description
The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Forfar, Kincardine
Author: The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, General index
Author: The New Statistical Account of Scotland: List of parishes. Edinburgh
Author: The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Fife, Kinross
Author: Tea and empire
Author: Angela McCarthyPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526123398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This book brings to life for the first time the remarkable story of James Taylor, ‘father of the Ceylon tea enterprise’ in the nineteenth century. Publicly celebrated in Sri Lanka for his efforts in transforming the country’s economy and shaping the world’s drinking habits, Taylor died in disgrace and remains unknown to the present day in his native Scotland. Using a unique archive of Taylor’s letters written over a forty-year period, Angela McCarthy and Tom Devine provide an unusually detailed reconstruction of a British planter’s life in Asia at the high noon of empire. As well as charting the development of Ceylon’s key commodities in the nineteenth century, the book examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and despair. A range of other fascinating themes are evocatively examined, including graphic depictions of the Indian Mutiny, ‘race’ and ethnicity, migration, environmental transformation, cross-cultural contact, and emotional ties to home.
The Souterrains of Southern Pictland
Author: F.T. WainwrightPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317599373
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The archaeological monuments known as souterrains, particularly characteristic of eastern Scotland from Aberdeenshire to Fife, have long been a mystery. When this book was originally published in 1963, recent investigation on two of these types of works, at Ardestie and Carlungie in Angus had shed more light. This book combines two excavation reports with a re-consideration of the problems that surrounded these ‘earth houses’ and their builders. It presents a summary of all recorded souterrains between the Dee and the Forth, offering great insight into these structures and also into the status of this kind of archaeology at this time.
The new statistical account of Scotland
Author: The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Inverness, Ross and Cromarty
Author: Global Migrations
Author: McCarthy Angela McCarthyPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474410057
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the seventeenth century to the current day, more than 2.5 million Scots have sought new lives elsewhere. This book of essays from established and emerging scholars examines the impact since 1600 of out migration from Scotland on the homeland, the migrants and the destinations in which they settled, and their descendants and 'affinity' Scots. It does so through a focus on the under-researched themes of slavery, cross-cultural encounters, economics, war, tourism, and the modern diaspora since 1945. It spans diverse destinations including Europe, the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Hong Kong, Guyana and the British World more broadly. A key objective is to consider whether the Scottish factor mattered.
Images of Medieval Sanctity
Author: Debra Higgs StricklandPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047420683
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This volume's essays together provide a rich investigation of the idea of sanctity and its many medieval manifestations across time (fifth through fifteenth centuries) and in different geographical locations (England, Scotland, France, Italy, the Low Countries) from multiple disciplinary perspectives.