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Donnachie, Ian was born on June 18, 1944 in Lanark, Scotland.
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A Windows- and Macintosh- compatible multimedia CD-ROM, The Companion to Scottish History is the interactive resource for instant facts on Scotland's past. With over 500 concise, alphabetically-listed articles on all aspects of Scottish History from the 1500s to the present day, The Companion is an essential reference tool for researchers, students, schools, libraries and Scottish history buffs everywhere. Each article is cross-referenced with links to related topics to facilitate detailed searches. All text can be printed out. The disc contains over 100 primary sources such as treaties, official reports, correspondence, newspaper extracts, songs and poetry. Included are parliamentary acts and reports, and letters, both private and state; eg Stanley's account of his meeting Livingstone, 1871; the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots, 1587; orders for the Glencoe Massacre of 1692, the Treaty of Union, 1707 - and many more. Primary sources can also be printed out. Visual highlights include animated sequences - Henry Bell's Comet, the Maiden guillotine, the Calvalcade Procession at the opening of the Scottish Parliament; digital video film clips include the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, 1960, Newhaven fishwives, Edinburgh city centre, 1956, and the salt industry at Prestonpans. An enlargement feature available on many landscape images lets you explore the New Town of Edinburgh in the 18th century with accompanying sound track, or check-out Glasgow's Trongate where the Tobacco Lords strolled. Complex issues (church history, the Jacobites, Highland Clearances, industrialisation, etc.) receive extended coverage. The Companion features a user friendly interface and a tutorial. Navigation tools easily take you forwards or back to the previous screen, or to the A-Z panel; whilst a slide-out window presents thematically linked articles which can be accessed in a click. Volume control allows you to alter sound, and the interface includes a helpful date/time feature. The Companion is designed to interact like a friend!
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A Windows- and Macintosh- compatible multimedia CD-ROM, The Companion to Scottish History 2nd edition is the interactive resource for instant facts on Scotland's past. With over 500 concise, alphabetically-listed articles on all aspects of Scottish History from the year 1000 to the founding of the Scottish Parliament, The Companion is an essential reference tool for researchers, students, schools, libraries and Scottish history buffs everywhere. Each article is cross-referenced with links to related topics to facilitate detailed searches. All text can be printed out. The disc contains over 100 primary sources such as treaties, official reports, correspondence, newspaper extracts, songs and poetry. Included are parliamentary acts and reports, and letters, both private and state; eg Stanley's account of his meeting Livingstone, 1871; the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots, 1587; orders for the Glencoe Massacre of 1692, the Treaty of Union, 1707 - and many more. Primary sources can also be printed out. Visual highlights include animated sequences - Henry Bell's Comet, the Maiden guillotine, the Calvalcade Procession at the opening of the Scottish Parliament; digital video film clips include the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, 1960, Newhaven fishwives, Edinburgh city centre, 1956, and the salt industry at Prestonpans. An enlargement feature available on many landscape images lets you explore the New Town of Edinburgh in the 18th century with accompanying sound track, or check-out Glasgow's Trongate where the Tobacco Lords strolled. Complex issues (church history, the Jacobites, Highland Clearances, industrialisation, etc.) receive extended coverage. The Companion features a user friendly interface and a tutorial. Navigation tools easily take you forwards or back to the previous screen, or to the A-Z panel; whilst a slide-out window presents thematically linked articles which can be accessed in a click. Volume control allows you to alter sound, and the interface includes a helpful date/time feature. The Companion is designed to interact like a friend!
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This is a fully updated, revised and extended edition of an authoritative and comprehensive survey of Scottish history from the tenth century to the present day. As well as fully referenced entries and suggestions for further reading, there are also key articles on major themes and issues. An easy-to-use reference work that will also satisfy the browser, this is the perfect source for anyone wishing to understand and explore Scottish history.
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New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is internationally renowned for pioneering technology and social change in the Industrial Revolution. This book traces the community's history from its conception as a centre of mass production in 1785 to its present day standing as a World Heritage Site. Beginning with New Lanark's early development under its creator, the banker and textile entrepreneur David Dale (1739-1806), it looks at the social conditions of the mainly migrant workforce recruited to the village, and especially at the use of child labour from the cities. Detailing Robert Owen's social and educational experiments at New Lanark (1813-1825), it describes how the community became a showpiece around the world for its 'New System' of society. After Owen's departure for New Harmony in Indiana, the book charts the relative decline of the mills under a succession of owners - the Walkers, the Birkmyres, and the Gourock Ropework Company. The book concludes with the story of closure and long term restoration as a living village, major tourist attraction and inscription as a World Heritage Site. It is a fascinating read for anyone interested in heritage, conservation, social and community history.
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As perhaps at no other time in recent memory, Scottish affairs are commanding centre stage and Scottish history in particular is the focus of intense media and popular interest. Alphabetically arranged, "The Collins Dictionary of Scottish History" provides an inclusive guide to major and minor events and personalities from Scotland's story since the tenth century. It contains key articles on major themes and issues, and all entries are fully referenced with guidance to further reading on each major topic or personality.
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This is an alphabetically listed, reference guide to the major events and personalities that have shaped Scottish history since the 16th century.
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(New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is known ...)
New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is known as the pioneer of technological and social change in the Industrial Revolution. This book traces the community's history from its conception as a centre of mass production in 1785 to its present day standing as a World Heritage Site. Beginning with New Lanark's early development under its creator, the banker and textile entrepreneur, David Dale (1739-1806), the text looks at the social conditions of the mainly migrant workforce recruited to the village, and especially at the use of child labour from the cities. Detailing Robert Owen's social and educational experiments at New Lanark (1813-1825), it describes how the community became a showpiece around the world for his New System" of society. After Owen's departure for New Harmony in Indiana, the book charts the relative decline of the mills under a succession of owners."
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This is a comprehensive, alphabetical reference guide to the major events and personalities that have shaped Scotland's history since the 16th century.
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Donnachie, Ian was born on June 18, 1944 in Lanark, Scotland.
Master of Arts, University Glasgow, 1966. Master of Letters, University Strathclyde, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Strathclyde, 1976.
Research assistant University Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1967-1968. Lecturer in social studies Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1968-1970. Senior tutor in history Open University, since 1970, senior lecturer, director Center Scottish Studies, 1985, associate professor, since 2003.
Lecturer Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, 1982. Visiting fellow University Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1985. Honorary lecturer modern history University Dundee, 1998.
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(A Windows- and Macintosh- compatible multimedia CD-ROM, T...)
(This is a fully updated, revised and extended edition of ...)
(A Windows- and Macintosh- compatible multimedia CD-ROM, T...)
(This is a comprehensive, alphabetical reference guide to ...)
(New Lanark, the former cotton spinning village, is intern...)
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Fellow: Society Antiquaries Scotland, Royal History Society. Member: Scottish Brewing Archive Trust, Economic and Social History Society Scotland, Association University Teachers, Friends of New Lanark. (vice chair).