Scotland, Empire and Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century

This volume represents one of the first attempts to examine the connection between Scotland and the British empire throughout the entire twentieth century. As the century dawned, the Scottish economy was still strongly connected with imperial infrastructures (like railways, engineering, construction and shipping), and colonial trade and investment. By the end of the century, however, the Scottish economy, its politics, and its society had been...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719096170
• ISBN13: 9780719096174
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"