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A History from 1747 to 1797 by William Law Mathieson.
Here is the Preface...
In this book I have continued for another fifty years the narrative of Scottish history since the Reformation which is contained in my two previous works. The second half of the eighteenth century in Scotland owes much of its interest to the awakening of industry and to the brilliant, though expensive, victory won by liberalism in the Church; but the change from stagnation to the full current of life was no less remarkable in the political than in, the industrial sphere; and here perhaps the significance of the period is not so generally understood. In developing this branch of my subject. I have not hesitated to pursue its ramifications into British, or even into English, history; for all the chief conflicts of opinion during these years—the Militia and Anti Catholic agitations and the Reform movements of 1780 and 1792—originated in England; and, as the spirit of the Scottish Parliament, embodied in its election laws, survived till 1832, one has to consider, not only the original nature of this force, but its evolution as a factor in Westminster politics. In the following pages I have devoted considerable attention to such politicians as Oswald, Dempster and Bute, and have reviewed with more precision than has yet been attempted the character and early career of Henry Dundas. Moderatism, in accordance with its conjunction of repressive methods and liberal ideas, is studied, first as a system of ecclesiastical policy, and then as an intellectual force; and the material development of the country is sketched continuously under its several heads. I had intended in a concluding chapter to indicate the effect of expanding thought and industry on the daily life of the people; but this has been done fully, if not methodically, by the late Henry Grey Graham; and little of importance could have been added to his vivid, humorous and picturesque account.
Edinburgh : November, 1910.
What particularly attracted me to this book is the final chapter which includes...
Chapter VI. A Material Progress
Glasgow as a tobacco emporium
Growth of its manufactures
How affected by the American Revolution
Deepening of the Clyde
Forth and Clyde Canal
Carron Ironworks; Grangemouth
Revival in the east
Edinburgh; the New Town
Leith
The Fife coast
Decline of the fisheries
Herring-bounties; their partial success
Rise of Campbeltown and Wick
Staple manufactures; linen and wool
Extension of linen-making
Paisley
Dundee and Perth
Revival of the woollen industry
Its principal seats
Aberdeen
The cotton manufacture; machinery
The Border districts and the Solway
Gatehouse; Solway factories
Growth of Banking
Agriculture; primitive methods
Tendency to improvement since the Union
Rapid progress after 1760
Pioneers; Cockburn in East Lothian
Barclay and Lord Gardenstone in Kincardineshire
Lord Karnes in Perthshire
Relics of feudalism; personal services
Thirlage
Whisky supplants ale
Road-making
Progress of agriculture unequal
Its stagnation in the Highlands and Hebrides
Development of the cattle trade; sheep-farming
Consequent depopulation
The Hebrides over-crowded; kelp
Rise of the crofters
and as you can see it covers a lot of areas of progress within Scotland so looking forward to getting to that chapter.
You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...ning/index.htm
Alastair
Here is the Preface...
In this book I have continued for another fifty years the narrative of Scottish history since the Reformation which is contained in my two previous works. The second half of the eighteenth century in Scotland owes much of its interest to the awakening of industry and to the brilliant, though expensive, victory won by liberalism in the Church; but the change from stagnation to the full current of life was no less remarkable in the political than in, the industrial sphere; and here perhaps the significance of the period is not so generally understood. In developing this branch of my subject. I have not hesitated to pursue its ramifications into British, or even into English, history; for all the chief conflicts of opinion during these years—the Militia and Anti Catholic agitations and the Reform movements of 1780 and 1792—originated in England; and, as the spirit of the Scottish Parliament, embodied in its election laws, survived till 1832, one has to consider, not only the original nature of this force, but its evolution as a factor in Westminster politics. In the following pages I have devoted considerable attention to such politicians as Oswald, Dempster and Bute, and have reviewed with more precision than has yet been attempted the character and early career of Henry Dundas. Moderatism, in accordance with its conjunction of repressive methods and liberal ideas, is studied, first as a system of ecclesiastical policy, and then as an intellectual force; and the material development of the country is sketched continuously under its several heads. I had intended in a concluding chapter to indicate the effect of expanding thought and industry on the daily life of the people; but this has been done fully, if not methodically, by the late Henry Grey Graham; and little of importance could have been added to his vivid, humorous and picturesque account.
Edinburgh : November, 1910.
What particularly attracted me to this book is the final chapter which includes...
Chapter VI. A Material Progress
Glasgow as a tobacco emporium
Growth of its manufactures
How affected by the American Revolution
Deepening of the Clyde
Forth and Clyde Canal
Carron Ironworks; Grangemouth
Revival in the east
Edinburgh; the New Town
Leith
The Fife coast
Decline of the fisheries
Herring-bounties; their partial success
Rise of Campbeltown and Wick
Staple manufactures; linen and wool
Extension of linen-making
Paisley
Dundee and Perth
Revival of the woollen industry
Its principal seats
Aberdeen
The cotton manufacture; machinery
The Border districts and the Solway
Gatehouse; Solway factories
Growth of Banking
Agriculture; primitive methods
Tendency to improvement since the Union
Rapid progress after 1760
Pioneers; Cockburn in East Lothian
Barclay and Lord Gardenstone in Kincardineshire
Lord Karnes in Perthshire
Relics of feudalism; personal services
Thirlage
Whisky supplants ale
Road-making
Progress of agriculture unequal
Its stagnation in the Highlands and Hebrides
Development of the cattle trade; sheep-farming
Consequent depopulation
The Hebrides over-crowded; kelp
Rise of the crofters
and as you can see it covers a lot of areas of progress within Scotland so looking forward to getting to that chapter.
You can read this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...ning/index.htm
Alastair