Scotland Since 1707: The Rise of an Industrial SocietyStudy providing an historical economic analysis of industrial growth and decline in Scotland, UK from 1707 - describes initial economic structure based on an agricultural economy and trade, then later economic growth due to the cotton, coal and iron and steel industry and mineral resources; describes success of shipbuilding and industrial engineering enterprises; attributes their decline to international competition; stresses need to update industrial policies. Bibliography. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
TRADE AND TRANSPORT | 36 |
INDUSTRY AND FINANCE | 48 |
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achieved arable areas Ayrshire Bank of Scotland became British built Canal Carron Company cent chartered banks Clyde coal competition construction contribution cost cotton industry cultivation decline demand Dundee early economic Edinburgh effect eighteenth century encouraged engine England English ensured especially expansion exports failure farmers favourable foreign furnaces Glasgow greater growth heavy industries Highlands houses important improvement increased iron industry ironworks jute labour Lanark Lanarkshire land landlords later less linen Lowlands major malleable manufacture markets merchants mills miners Monkland Napoleonic Wars nineteenth century north Lanarkshire notably organisation output overseas pig iron political poor law population Port Dundas possible potato problem production profitable prosperity Railway Renfrewshire rents restricted runrig Scots Scottish agriculture Scottish banking Scottish economy Scottish industry shipbuilding ships social society specialised steel success supply tenants tons trade Union United Kingdom Vale of Leven wages weavers west of Scotland