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The Steel Bonnets
This is an almost forgotten chapter of British history, preserved largely in folk-tales and ballads. It is the story of the great raiding families, who ran their raids and operated their system of blackmail and terrorism.
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FEATURED AUTHOR:
Isobel McDonald
Isobel McDonald is Curator of Social History at Glasgow Museums. Having originally studied archaeology at Edinburgh University, she had expected to go into fieldwork, however a chance conversation with a friend about job opportunities at the British Mu …
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Studies in Photography
Studies in Photography is the trading name of the Scottish Society for the History of Photography. It is developing two complementary book series in partnership with Edinburgh University Press. Visual Arts and Culture: Thematic Studies The first …