A New Race of Men by Michael Fry
War opened and closed Scotland's greatest century: a pitiless part in the defeat of Naploeon in 1815, a huge blood-sacrifice for the sake of victory from 1914. In between came the greatest contributions to the progress and happiness of the rest of mankind that the Scots have ever made - in everything from the combine harvester to the mackintosh to anaesthesia. It was a supremely successful achieving society yet one not without deep flaws, in its urban poverty, its destruction of the environment, its religious intolerance, its moral hypocrisy, its crushing of Highland culture. Michael Fry shows, with an emphasis always on the human story, how a succession of deep crises undermined the usually tranquil and prosperous surface of life in Victorian Scotland to leave a legacy of paradox that the modern nation has even today yet to overcome.'[A] well-researched, enjoyable and fascinating read'
* Scottish Field *'Fry is lively, provocative and pleasure to read'
* Scotsman *'A great introduction to the pioneering legacy of the Scottish Victorian era.. bringing the theatre of Scottish history to life with an incredible eye to detail'
* The Lady *'[N]ever knowingly understating his case, Fry spins a bold, lively, and readable tale [...] Written with flair' -
* BBC History magazine *'Mr Fry has some excellent insights [...] There is much to appreciate in this erudite tome. As a primer on the forthcoming debate, it is a fine sounding board'
* Country Life *'a forceful reminder not only of the great Victorian city's attempts to enforce lasting change but also of how far we have come'
* The Herald *Michael Fry was educated at Oxford and Hamburg Universities. He has held academic positions in Scotland at Strathclyde and Edinburgh Universities, in the US at Brown University, and in Germany at Leipzig University and the Max Franck Institute, Frankfurt. He is the author of ten books on modern Scottish history, including The Dundas Despotism (1993), The Scottish Empire (2001), Wild Scots, Four Hundred Years of Highland History (2005) and Edinburgh, a History of the City (2009). He has contributed to most major Scottish and British newspapers, and has been a regular columnist for The Scotsman, the Herald and The Sunday Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781780271422 |
| ISBN 10 | 1780271425 |
| Title | A New Race of Men |
| Author | Michael Fry |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Birlinn General |
| Year published | 2013-10-03 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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