HIST 417 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Economic Integration, Secretary Of State For Scotland
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Growth of new cities, especially in southern lowlands belt. Immigrants moving in, from ireland especially during potato famine. Edinburgh also went through these changes, albeit at a smaller scale. Considerable employment in the service sector (professions) Most of population lived in very small dwellings. Land taxes in scotland tax the physical land, thus giving incentive to build up. Landlords pay tax on land to formal feudal lord. Neglected by westminster parliament because needed to be passed separately. Town councils often stepped up, municipal governments played a large role. Nationalism in the victorian era subdued, scotland seemingly on the way to being a region, not a nation. Gaelic language spoken by only a very small proportion. No sense of an english/foreign ruling elite. Scotland voted solidly whig, then liberal, seemingly against their own political interest. Liberals effectively the nationalist party of scotland. Right: liberal unionists split away from gladstonian liberals because of opposition to irish home rule.
