Books written by Thomas Martin Devine

Clanship to Crofter's War: The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands

Two families are strictly prohibited from living upon one croft . If one of a family marries , he must leave the croft ; and a case has even been brought under my notice , in which the only son of a widow , who is in joint possession of ...
Scotland in the Twentieth Century

T. Gallagher , Glasgow , the Uneasy Peace : Religious Tension in Modern Scotland ( Manchester , 1987 ) , pp . 268–70 . 8. J. Darragh , ' The Catholic population of Scotland , 1878–1977 ' in D. McRoberts ( ed . ) ...
Glasgow

J. Logan Aikman , 1875 ) . 30 SRA , 1140 , Council Act Book , commencing Nov. ... 47 SRA , D TC13 / 439 , map copied by J. Fleming from his original city plan ; 4 Feb. 1806 . 48 B. Edwards , ' First Architect of the Second City ' ...
Exploring the Scottish Past: Themes in the History of Scottish Society

This is a collection of fifteen essays written over the last twenty years by one of Scotland's most eminent historians.
Scotland's Empire: The Origins of the Global Diaspora

[This book] tells the ... story of Scotland's role in forging and expanding the Briutish Empire, from the Americas to Australia, India to the Caribbean.
Tea and Empire: James Taylor in Victorian Ceylon

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, and examines the dark side of planting life including violence and conflict, oppression and ...
Scotland's Empire, 1600-1815

This book explores in depth many key themes including the slave trade, the Scots on the colonial frontier, Highland soldiers and more.
The Scottish Nation: A Modern History

'The Scottish Nation, 1700-2007' examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland.
Glasgow: 1830 to 1912

Thomas Martin Devine W. Hamish Fraser, Gordon Jackson, Irene Maver. GLASGOW VOLUME II : 1830 TO 1912 edited by W. Hamish Fraser and Irene Maver Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed exclusively in the USA by ...
The Scottish Nation, 1700-2007

This new edition brings the reader up-to-date with Scotland's recent history, from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality.
To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora, 1750-2010

Published simultaneously in Great Britain, titled: Scotland's diaspora, 1750-2010.
The Transformation of Scotland: The Economy Since 1700

This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation.
The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration, and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century

The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration, and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century
People and Society in Scotland: 1914-1990

Throughout this volume emphasis is placed on the particular identity and distinctiveness of Scotland in terms both of its institutions and the social values of the Scottish people.
The Transformation of Rural Scotland: Social Change and the Agrarian Economy, 1660-1815

"In the eighteenth century the old peasant society of lowland Scotland disappeared to be replaced by a new order of capitalist farmers and landless labourers. It was one of the...
Scotland's Shame?: Bigotry and Sectarianism in Modern Scotland

In one of the most controversial lectures of recent times, Scotland's foremost composer, James MacMillan, accused his country of being a land of `sleep-walking bigotry' where visceral anti-Catholicism' disfigures national...
Eighteenth Century Scotland: New Perspectives

Based on a two-year seminar series at the Research Centre in Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde, this text aims to illuminate the part played by 18th century history...
People and Society in Scotland: 1830-1914

This is a history of Scotland as a society experiencing industrialization and urbanization in all its aspects and it takes the impact of these processes over their widest range from...
The Scottish Nation: A History, 1700-2000

"The Scottish Nation" is the most comprehensive history of modern Scotland ever published the first examination of this period (from 1700 to the present) to appear in our generation. Drawing...
The Scottish Nation, 1700-2000

Overturning many assumptions about Scotland's history, this book takes both traditional topics and new themes, making them fascinating and accessible for those wanting to understand the recent development of this historic nation, as the ...