This book is a history of the unfolding asbestos tragedy in Scotland, traced back to the first asbestos factory established in the 1870s.

Historians have long recognised the importance of the coalfield in Scotland’s industrialisation, but the central focus of this study is on the colliers themselves.

Lavishly illustrated, this is the first full history of MacBrayne ferries, which are travelled on by over 5.4 million passengers annually.

The first substantial social history of mineworkers in Scotland to encompass the entire span of commercial mining, from its origins in the Middle Ages to the extinction of deep coal mining.

Companion volume to Herring Fisherman of Kintyre and Ayrshire.

This is the first detailed history of Albion Motors, Scotland's most successful motor-manufacturing company, established in Glasgow in 1899.

Until now, the people’s print has not attracted a serious modern study. This collection presents a user-friendly introduction to the genre and a sampling of the attractions and possibilities, set, where appropriate, in the relevant cultural and historical contexts.   

The Klondykers: The Oilmen Onshore is Mackie's sequel to his The Oilmen: The North Sea Tigers,  which shifts focus from the oilrig to how this historical development affected communities on land.

Enid Gauldie's fascinating study discusses in detail the origins of milling, the social context and daily life of the miller, as well as the technical aspects of the industry.

This book provides a lively account of bookselling and booksellers through the life histories of key and representative figures in the Scottish trade, told in their own words.

This volume traces the long-standing relationship between Scotland, the Scots and the sea from the early historic period to the present day.

This book is intended to give the book trade from c.1500 to c.1720 a detailed examination, looking at booksellers, bookbinders, stationers and printers and their relationship to the forces of authority.

The Dambuilders: Power from the Glens is a vivid account of the schemes, and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers - from dam builders, engineers, tunnel tigers, linemen - who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality and now, often for the first time, tell what it was like.

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This important and comprehensive study provides an in-depth understanding of how water power was used in Scotland from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century.

This is a book that gets beyond the gloss and hype that surrounds Scotland’s national drink to celebrate the unsung heroes who are the backbone of the whisky industry.

Visiting construction yards, oil terminals and offshore facilities in the 1980s and 1990s, Sue Jane Taylor captured the gritty, harsh conditions of the oil industry in her sketches, paintings and sculptures. This is a remarkable visual and social commentary on a crucial development period in North Sea oil.

This book is a charming yet insightful memoir of a bygone way of life. From it emerges a detailed picture of fisherfolk and fishing: their boats, methods of fishing, life and customs. The result is a valuable and vivid record of what was a central part of Scotland’s fishing industry.

This book examines the work in an area of Scotland famous for its potato growing and agriculture, during a period of great change, when the process altered from being very labour-intensive to being completely mechanised.

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