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This book provides a fascinating insight into the early labour movement in Scotland. The author, John Burnett, was a prominent figure in the movement and his lectures offer valuable insights into the challenges faced by workers in the late 19th century. Anyone interested in the history of labour and workers' rights should read this book.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Idle Hands focuses on the experiences of working people in becoming unemployed, coping with unemployment and searching for work, and their reactions and responses to their problems.

Companion text to "Useful Toil", this book is based on previously unpublished manuscripts. It provides a record of childhood that reveals in intimate detail the trials and hard-won triumphs of 19th-century working-class life.

Focusing on the "ordinary" people of the 19th century, this book comprises 27 extracts from the diaries and autobiographies of working people. These tell of their working experiences, as well as their hopes and their fears, and reveal the essence of their attitudes, values and beliefs.

A timely look at John Buchan's much-loved pre-First-World-War novel - what inspired it, its themes and metaphors - and at how much of the author's own swlf and experiences are in it.

Several of Robert Burns' poems deal with the supernatural. This book intends to help celebrate the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth, looks at the world of himself and his contemporaries and tries to understand their fears and emotions, with particular reference to 'Tam o Shanter'.

In 1998, on the lookout for adventure and willing to take a risk, John Burnett left the comforts of the mainstream and became a UN relief worker in Somalia. Held at gunpoint by a child soldier, having to watching a baby die of malaria in his arms, the experience profoundly changed the way he saw the world.

Recognizing and discriminating between fungal populations and the genetical processes that accompany them, including speciation is a rapidly developing field. This text describes the methodologies employed and an introduction to basic fungal biology. It discusses the taxonomic problems raised by fungal species, with the processes of speciation.