Scotland's Story: A New PerspectiveCollins, 1984 - 358 pagini Fighting endless hardship, at war with the English for the greater part of their history and, in their diversity, often warring amongst themselves, the Scottish people have given the world an enormous wealth of creativity and inventive genius out of all proportion to their numbers. This reveals the Scots as they are, and how they have become so: one of the smallest but most influential countries in the world. |
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... Glasgow and the county of Lanarkshire of which she was part was to spawn the Scottish working class . By 1804 , Glasgow's population had risen to over 70,000 . Her growth was founded upon a new trade the import and re - export of ...
... Glasgow and the county of Lanarkshire of which she was part was to spawn the Scottish working class . By 1804 , Glasgow's population had risen to over 70,000 . Her growth was founded upon a new trade the import and re - export of ...
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... Glasgow suffered four major cholera epidemics . In Britain as a whole in the second half of the century , people could expect to live on average forty - six years . In Glasgow , average life - expectancy was thirty . In 1840 it was ...
... Glasgow suffered four major cholera epidemics . In Britain as a whole in the second half of the century , people could expect to live on average forty - six years . In Glasgow , average life - expectancy was thirty . In 1840 it was ...
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... Glasgow the names of the new streets - Virginia Street , Jamaica Street indicated the source of their wealth . As they moved out factory workers crowded into their old homes , which were divided and subdivided by greedy landlords . New ...
... Glasgow the names of the new streets - Virginia Street , Jamaica Street indicated the source of their wealth . As they moved out factory workers crowded into their old homes , which were divided and subdivided by greedy landlords . New ...
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Few and Far Between | 15 |
The Auld Enemy | 30 |
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