Granite Men. A history of the granite industries of Aberdeen and north east Scotland

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Written by a retired university librarian with strong familial links with the granite industry. Traces the industry to the 17th century but largely focused on 19th century. Has sections: 'The beginnings of an industry'; 'Factors in the development of the industry, 1790-1850'; 'The story of the quarries, 1790-1914'; 'Development of tools and technology in the nineteenth century'; 'Alexander Macdonald, granite polishing and the beginning of the monument industry; 'Lives of the granite men'; 'The granite industry, 1850-1914. The golden age?'; 'Some case studies from the golden age'; 'A dream carved in granite - John Morgan, the master mason and the building of a granite icon'; 'The Aberdeen Granite Association and the efforts to control the granite industry'; 'Health, safety and disease in the granite industry'; 'Labour relations and unionisation in the granite industry'; 'The granite industry, 1914-39'; 'Granite in the period of decline'. Includes an extensive appendix profiling individual businesses - 'Some granite yards and builders of the nineteenth century' [pp275-305]