Showing all 9 results

• After Brexit

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022

  £8.99

  Pressure for independence remains a major force in Scotland, but the case for it has changed substantially since the referendum of 2014. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, 60 per cent of the Scottish electorate voted to remain part of the European...

• 

  The Caledonian Canal

  Paperback | Pub: 21 Mar 2024

  £12.99

  The Caledonian Canal records the history of one of Scotland’s most massive engineering projects, from Thomas Telford’s first survey in 1801 into the twenty-first century. Telford’s plan, to connect Loch Ness, Loch Oich and Loch Lochy with each...

• The Crinan Canal

  Paperback | Pub: 18 Jul 2024

  £10.99

  Known as ‘Britain’s most beautiful shortcut’, the Crinal Canal runs from Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne nine miles across the Kintyre peninsula to the west coast of Scotland. Designed by John Rennie after initial survey work by James Watt...

• 

  Dublin: Mapping the City

  Hardback | Pub: 14 Sep 2023

  £30.00

  Hodges Figgis Book of the Year 2023 Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Until the twentieth century and the arrival of aerial images, a map was the best way of...

• Onion Johnnies

  Paperback | Pub: 15 Jun 2023

  £9.99

  For almost 150 years until the late twentieth century, French Onion Johnnies (or ‘Ingan Johnnies’, as they were usually known in Scotland) were a familiar group of seasonal workers in towns and cities throughout Britain. In this book, nine Onion...

• 

  Salt

  Paperback | Pub: 14 Sep 2023

  £20.00

  Discover the story of Scotland, salt and the world. Salt is a vital commodity. For many centuries it sustained life for Scots as seasoning for a diet dominated by grains (mainly oats), and for preservation of fish and cheese. Sea-salt manufacturing...

• The Salt Roads

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Aug 2023

  £9.99

  Sometimes the simplest thing can change an entire culture. This is the extraordinary story of how salt fish from Shetland became one of the staple foods of Europe, powered an economic boom and inspired artists, writers and musicians. It ranges from...

• Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Jun 2024

  £20.00

  The infamous ‘Beeching Axe’ swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the 1960s. Conventional wisdom viewed these losses as regrettable yet inevitable in an era of growing affluence and rising car ownership. This ground-breaking study...

• The Tobacco Lords

  Paperback | Pub: 20 Jun 2024

  £20.00

  In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe. This prize-winning book explains why such remarkable success came about against fierce international...