Download or read book Joe Duncan the Scottish Farm Servants and British Agriculture written by John Hillsdon Smith and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UK. Biographical account of the work of joseph f. Duncan as secretary of the scottish farm servants union (trade union for rural workers), and his activities in agricultural economics and the formation of agricultural policy, from about 1910 to 1945 - covers working conditions, living conditions, wages and unemployment, etc. In rural areas of scotland, and includes agricultural education, land ownership, tenant farmers, rural migration and emigration, etc. References. Biography duncan j.f.
Download or read book Transformation of Scotland written by Tom M. Devine and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Scottish Farm Servant written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Labour and the Countryside written by Clare V. J. Griffiths and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-05-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common reputation of the British Labour Party has always been as 'a thing of the town', an essentially urban phenomenon which has failed to engage with the rural electorate or identify itself with rural issues. Yet during the inter-war years, Labour viewed the countryside as a crucial electoral battleground - even claiming that the party could never form a majority administration without winning a significant number of seats across rural Britain. Committing itself to a series ofcampaigns in rural areas during the 1920s and 30s, Labour developed a rural and often specifically agricultural programme on which to attract new support and members. Labour and the Countryside takes this forgotten chapter in the party's history as a starting point for a fascinating andwide-ranging re-examination of the relationship between the British Left and rural Britain.The first account of this aspect of Labour's history, this book draws on extensive research across a wide variety of original source material, from local party minutes and trade union archives to the records of Labour's first two periods in government. Historical, literary, and visual representations of the countryside are also examined, along with newspapers, magazines, and propaganda materials. In reconstructing the contexts within which Labour attempted to redefine itself as a voice for thecountryside, the resulting study presents a fresh perspective on the political history of the inter-war years.
Download or read book The Agricultural Gazette and Modern Farming written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emigration from Scotland between the wars written by Marjory Harper and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emigration from Scotland has always been very high. However, emigration from Scotland between the wars surpassed all records; more people emigrated than were born, leading to an overall population decline. Why was it so many people left? Marjory Harper, whose knowledge is grounded in a deep understanding of the local records, maps out the many factors which worked together to cause this massive diaspora. After an opening section where the author sets the Scottish experience within the context of the rest of the British Isles, the book then divides the country geographically, starting with the Highlands, then coastal Scotland, and the urban Lowland highlighting in turn the factors that particularly influenced each of these areas. Harper then discusses the organised religious and political movements that encouraged emigration. By interweaving personal stories with statistical evidence Harper brings to life the reality behind the dramatic historical migration.
Download or read book The Land Question in Britain 1750 1950 written by M. Cragoe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-01-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Land Question' occupied a central place in political and cultural debates in Britain for nearly two centuries. From parliamentary enclosure in the mid-eighteenth century to the fierce Labour party debate concerning the nationalization of land after World War Two, the fate of the land held the power to galvanize the attention of the nation.
Download or read book Agricultural Economists in Britain 1900 1940 written by Edith Holt Whetham and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Agricultural Policy 1912 36 written by Andrew Fenton Cooper and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Representation and Organisation of Agricultural Workers written by International Labour Office and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agriculture and the Community written by Joseph Forbes Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essays in Scottish Labour History written by William Hutton Marwick and published by Edinburgh : Donald. This book was released on 1978 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UK. Collection of essays dedicated to william hutton marwick on the social and history of the labour movement in scotland - includes information on topics related to trade unions in the nineteeth century strike policy in the mining industry, the labour market for unskilled workers in glasgow, working class housing, political ideology of the new left and the effect of Irish immigration into scotland, the 1929 general strike, etc. Bibliography of the works of w.h. Marwick, references and statistical tables. Festschrift marwick, w.h., labour historian.
Download or read book The Dying Peasant and the Future of His Sons written by John William Robertson Scott and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dying Peasant and the Future of His Sons written by John William Robertson Scott and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Food for War written by Alan F. Wilt and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-09-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food for War is a ground-breaking study of Britain's food and agricultural preparations in the 1930s as the nation once again made ready for war. Historians writing about 1930s Britain have usually focused on the Depression, appeasement, or political, military, and industrial concerns. None have dealt adequately with another significant topic, food and agriculture, as the nation moved, albeit reluctantly, from peace to war. In this new account Alan F. Wilt makes right this omission by examining in depth the relationship between food, agriculture, and the nation's preparations for war. He reveals how food and agriculture became closely linked to rearmament as early as 1936; that the government's preparations in this sector, as contrasted with other areas of the economy, were relatively well-developed when war broke out in 1936; and that rural and farm interests well understood the effect that war would have on their way of life. He argues that food and agriculture need to be integrated into the more general historical discourse, for what happened in Britain in the 1930s not only set the stage for World War II, but also contributed to a more robust agriculture in the decades that followed.
Download or read book Agricultural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Catalogue of Some Labour Records in Scotland and Some Scots Records Outside Scotland written by Ian MacDougall and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalogue of records which identifies and locates a wealth of material giving both substance and colour to Scottish labour history.
