296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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The economic and social problems of modern Scotland are at the centre of current debate about regional economic growth, social improvement and environmental rehabilitation. In this book, as relevant today as when it was first published in 1975, Anthony Slaven argues that the extent and causes of these problems are frequently underestimated, thus making development policies less than fully... Read more
1. Introduction: the making of the region
PART ONE: 1750-1870
2. The commercial framework: trade, transport and banking
3. Change in the countryside
4. The industrial base: the triumph of textiles
5. The industrial base: the rise of the heavy industries
6. Population, housing, health and income
PART TWO: 1870-1960
7. Industrial maturity
8. Dislocation
9. The managed economy
10. The region's people
Biography
Anthony Slaven
