No Gods and Precious Few Heroes. Twentieth century Scotland

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First published 1981. Popular scholarly account of the development of Scotland in 20th century covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects with a central theme being 'stagnation and decline' and the causes of this. Includes 'A troubled economy, 1922-1964' [pp35-63] which deals with the structure of the economy, interwar efforts re industry, significance of 1939-45, post war industrial experience, etc