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Social history
This collections includes books on social structures, the lived experience of the individual and distinct groups of individuals, and interactions between such groups and with the state.
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Museum of Childhood, Hyndford's Close, 34 High Street: a descriptive handbook
Edinburgh Corporation Libraries and Museums Committee
1961
A guide to Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood.
Scotland at war
Archive Publications in association with the Scotsman Publications Ltd
1989
A extensively illustrated account of aspects of Scottish civil and military life during the Second World War.
Aquae Britannia: rediscovering 17th century springs and spas in the footsteps of Celia Fiennes
Cora Weaver
1996
A portrayal of life at the early spas.
Scotland's splendid theatres: architecture and social history from the Reformation to the present day
Polygon
1999
An account of the design and operation of theatres in Scotland.
The domestic life of Scotland in the eighteenth century
Edinburgh University Press
1952
A social history of eighteenth-century Scotland.
Victoriana
Art Society Press
1963
A compilation of Victorian illustrations, with commentary. Limited edition of 500.
The leviathan of wealth: the Sutherland fortune in the industrial revolution
Routledge & Kegan Paul
1973
An account of what was, in the early nineteenth century, the richest noble house in Britain.
Country house brewing in England 1500-1900
Hambledon Press
1996
Reveals the role that beer played in the life of the country house and the scale and range of operations.
Miners, quarrymen and saltworkers
Routledge & Kegan Paul
1977
An assessment of industrial conditions in mining, quarrying, brick making and other mineral work in the nineteenth century.
Scottish rural society in the 16th century
John Donald Publishers Ltd.
1982
A study of rural social life and the central issues of kindly tenancy and the spread of feu-ferm tenancy.
The Linlithgowshire Gipsies
West Lothian Council Libraries, Local History Library
2005
A reprint of Chapter IV of Simson's 'History of the Gipsies'.
The time of our life
Billie Smith
2015
An account of an Edinburgh family who moved to Dumfriesshire during the Second World War.
Burntisland: a social history
Burntisland Heritage Trust
2009
The story of the people of Burntisland from 1700 to modern times.
Inside the forties: literary memoirs 1937-1957
Sidgwick & Jackson
1977
A personal narrative describing the literary scene during war-time and post-war Britain.
From lairds to louns: country and burgh life in Aberdeen 1600-1800
Aberdeen University Press
1986
A collection of papers on rural and urban life in post mediaeval Aberdeenshire.
Hill and Adamson's the fishermen and women of the Firth of Forth
Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1991
A collection of photographs from the 1840s, including some newly printed from long neglected negatives.
The settlements of Western Perthshire: land and society north of the Highland line 1480-1851
Pentland Press Ltd.
1990
The result of ten years research into the history of the western corner of Perthshire.
American daughter
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1946
The autobiographical story of a black girl growing up in the West and Middle West of America.
Radio is changing us: a survey of radio development and its problems in our changing world
Watts & Co.
1937
A discussion of the impact of radio. Gift inscription and loosely laid in letter from the author to 'Kenneth'.
The great acceptance: the life story of F.N. Charrington
Hodder and Stoughton
1912
A biography of the heir to the Charrington brewery business, who renounced his inheritance to devote his life to the goals of the Temperance Movement.
Ranger's impartial list of the ladies of pleasure in Edinburgh
Paul Harris Publishing
1978
A facsimile reprint of the 1775 directory.
£3,000,000 in pennies: the story of a wartime miracle
Odhams Press Ltd.
1942
The story of a charitable fund established to help British citizens at home and in prisoner of war camps.
Future Books. Volumes 1-4
Collins
1946-1947
A complete set of the Future Books: Overture; The stage is set; The crowded scene; and Transformation. Extensively illustrated and with numerous full-page advertisements.
