Rise and Fall of Scottish Industry, 1707-1939

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Scholarly work. Structured in three parts: Part 1] 'The roots of success': 'Industrial foundations' - 'The beginnings' / 'The markets' / 'Industrial success - generalists' / 'Industrial success - specialists'; 'Industrial leadership' - 'The problems' / 'The social background' / 'The educational background' / 'Technical achievements' / 'Technical investigations' / 'Technical failures'; 'Industrial challenge' - 'The growth of competition' / 'Shipbuilding' / 'the Great Depression'; Part 2] 'The supports of success': 'Labour' - 'The problems and the sources' / 'Census of wages, 1886' / 'Census of wages, 1906' / 'Trends of wages' / 'Productivity in 1907' / 'Productivity in 1924, 1930, 1935'; 'Natural; resources' - 'Coal - Commission of Inquiry' / 'Coal - labour and depression' / 'Steel - origins' / 'Steel - location'; Part 3] 'Industrial collapse' - 'The challenge' - 'Shipbuilding' / 'Structure of industry'; 'The response' - 'Public opinion' / 'Entrepreneurial action'. Statistical appendices.