'Aspects of industrialisation before 1850' in A J Cooke et al (eds), Modern Scottish History, 1707 to the Present. Volume 1. The transformation of Scotland, 1707-1850

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Provides overview of Scotland's economy in the period of industrialisation and Industrial Revolution with sections on: definition; stages of growth, backwardness and revisionism; proto industrialisation; causal factors; three key industries - textiles, coal and iron; employment structures. This forms part of a five volume publication containing teaching and learning materials [Vols I&2 commissioned essays, Vols 3&4 reader articles reprinted from elsewhere, Vol 5 transcriptions of documents] as an aid to undergraduate studies in modern Scottish history, notably at Dundee and the Open Universities