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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nineteenth Century Scotland"”.

  1. The West Highland Railway : the politics of promotion in late nineteenth century Scotland

    … on railway development in the north west of Scotland after 1880, when the Callander & Oban route was completed and the Dingwall & Skye route was taken over by the Highland Company. The general introduction identifies the wider social and economic issues which might be further pursued via the …

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  2. 'A Manly Desire to Learn' : the Teaching of the Classics in Nineteenth Century Scotland

    … of the teaching of Latin and Greek in Scotland's universities and schools, both private and public, in the nineteenth century. This was the period when the Classics occupied a central position in Scottish education and, as a result, more undergraduates studied these ancient languages …

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  3. Contempt, sympathy and romance': lowland perceptions of the Highlands and the clearances during the famine years, 1845-1855

    … public opinion towards the Highlanders in mid-nineteenth century Scotland. It explores attitudes present in the contemporary newspaper press, and shows that public opinion was divided by three basic perceptions: 'contempt', 'sympathy' and 'romance'. An analysis of the main newspaper files …

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