Fire and Water
Rosalind Mitchison, 17 October 1985
Water Power in Scotland: 1550-1870
by John Shaw.
John Donald, 606 pp., £25, April 1984,0 85976 072 3 Show More
by John Shaw.
John Donald, 606 pp., £25, April 1984,
The History of the British Coal Industry. Vol. II: 1700-1830, The Industrial Revolution
by Michael Flinn and David Stoker.
Oxford, 491 pp., £35, March 1984,0 19 828283 4 Show More
by Michael Flinn and David Stoker.
Oxford, 491 pp., £35, March 1984,
Industry and Ethos: Scotland 1832-1914
by Sydney Checkland and Olive Checkland.
Arnold, 218 pp., £5.95, March 1984,0 7131 6317 8 Show More
by Sydney Checkland and Olive Checkland.
Arnold, 218 pp., £5.95, March 1984,
The Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen: 1650-1784
by Bruce Lenman.
Methuen, 246 pp., £14.95, November 1984,0 413 48690 7 Show More
by Bruce Lenman.
Methuen, 246 pp., £14.95, November 1984,
The Prince and the Pretender: A Study in the Writing of History
by A.J. Youngson.
Croom Helm, 270 pp., £16.95, April 1985,0 7099 2908 0 Show More
by A.J. Youngson.
Croom Helm, 270 pp., £16.95, April 1985,
Canna: The Story of a Hebridean Island
by J.L. Campbell.
Oxford, 323 pp., £25, December 1984,0 19 920137 4 Show More
by J.L. Campbell.
Oxford, 323 pp., £25, December 1984,
“... language apart – was very much a matter of musket and bayonet. The most valuable part of Mr Lenman’s book is his exposition of the way in which Highland troops, with these weapons, showed their loyalty and won British superiority in America; later they made a brave show in resisting the loss of all but one of the American colonies. Led by Simon Fraser ... ”
