Aberdeen, 1800 to 2000. A new history
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- Author(s) Fraser, W Hamish, & Clive H Lee (eds)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2000
- Pages 524pp; illus
- Publisher Tuckwell Press
- Place Published East Linton
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Scholarly work being a commissioned official history of Aberdeen, 1800-2000. It comprises 18 essays by local academic historians covering multiple aspects of Aberdeen's history with much on its economic and business history. The latter include: Richard Perren, 'The nineteenth century economy'; Richard Perren, 'Survival and decline. The economy, 1918-70'; 'David Newlands, 'The oil economy'; W Hamish Fraser, The press'; Irene Maver, 'Leisure and culture - the nineteenth century'; Irene Maver, 'Leisure and social change - the twentieth century'. See also E Patricia Dennison et al (eds), 'Aberdeen before 1800. A new history', 2002. Much on banking; shipbuilding; textiles; newspaper publishing; granite industry; fishing industry; port; oil industry