Ebook: The hollow drum: Scotland since the war

SINCE THE WAR SCOTLAND HAS been profoundly altered. Its native tradition of entrepreneurial capitalism has disappeared. Its heavy industries have rapidly declined. It has become a branch economy soliciting international investment. Its crowded old cities have spread themselves into the country dormitories. The grip of the Kirk has been much weakened. The Conservatives have slumped from a historic high-water mark in 1955 to their present low ebb. The Nationalists come and go but Labour's strength seems geological. For a hundred years and more Scotland has agitated for some form of home.;The Hollow Drum: Scotland Since The War; Dedication; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword to 2013 edition by Harry Reid; Part I: Introduction; Chapter One: A Tanfield nationalist; Chapter Two: Agonised deference; Chapter Three: Town and gown; Part II: Economic Decline; Chapter Four: Change, decay and renewal; Chapter Five: A dissipated patrimony; Chapter Six: The price of war; Chapter Seven: A salvage job; Part III: The Failure of Devolution; Chapter Eight: The rise of nationalism; Chapter Nine: A painfiul evolution; Chapter Ten: Below the salt; Chapter Eleven: Flower of Scotland.