Other History & Scottish Interest

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Alfie Martin

In April 1943 the Halifax on which Alfie Martin was an observer with 102 Squadron was shot down over the Belgian-French border. This is the story of Martin’s escape, with the help of the French Resistance, to Spain and Gibraltar.

Softback - £8.95

Growth and Contraction

Growth & Contraction - Scottish Industry c.1860-1990

Peter L Payne

Payne takes readers on a brief journey through Scottish economic history from Precarious Prosperity c.1860-1913 to The First World War and its Aftermath, 1914-1939. He then addresses Collapse and New Management 1939-1990.

Softback - £5.95

Polish Spirit

Polish Spirit

Władysław Wójcik

In September 1939, Polish airman Wójcik set off with his unit to confront invading German troops. Before the month was over he was beginning a battle of survival in Soviet labour camps in Ukraine and the Soviet Arctic. Wójcik kept this story to himself for fifty years – it is a gripping read.

Softback - £6.90

Scots on the Move

Scots on the Move - Scots Migrants 1750-1914

Malcolm Gray

Scottish migration is examined in three time periods: 1750-1800 which looks at Lowland experience as well as Highland experience and internal migraion as well as emigration; 1800-1860 which again contrasts stress and crisis in the Highlands with the Lowland industrialisation surge; and 1860-1914 during which the Scottish economy takes on increased international dimensions.

£5.95

 

Scottish Education since the Reformation

Scottish Education since the Reformation

R D Anderson

Anderson provides a unique introductory summary to the ongoing debate about the nature, causation and achievements of developments in Scottish education from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the late twentieth century.

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The People in the Pews

The People in the Pews - Religion and Society in Scotland since 1780

Callum G Brown

A guide to academic research and interpretations of the social significance to the radical change in religion across two centuries. Brown enlightens his readers on Protestant Church Structure; Immigration and Religion: The Catholic, Episcopal and Jewish Experiences; Religion in Rural and Urban Society; Sectarianism; and Religious Decline and Secularisation.

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