This multi-disciplinary and multi-national volume analyzes and interprets artefacts and their context, and discusses issues in material culture. It should also be useful as a handbook of ethnology, indicating the scope and potential of the relevant disciplines, and providing some measures of definition. This collection was specially written by 37 of Europe's foremost scholars in honour of Professor Alexander Fenton, who initiated the European Ethnological Research Centre, and it aims to bring with it an awareness of the wide context of European ethnological studies.

Tools and traditions: Studies in European ethnology presented to Alexander Fenton

History

Alexander Fenton

Europe

NMSE - Publishing Ltd

"For Your Freedom and Ours" tells the story of the exiled Polish forces in Scotland, whose fight for freedom was, in the end, unsuccessful. In 1940, the Polish army - or what remained of it after the German invasion of Poland - arrived in Scotland. For the next two years, the Poles re-grouped and re-trained, defended Scotland's eastern coast and prepared for combat in North Africa and Italy. They also played a crucial role in the Normandy landings of 1944. The Poles were welcomed and respected by the Scots, and many of them married Scottish women. With the end of the war and the Communist domination of Poland, many Poles chose not to return to their homeland, feeling that it was not the free democracy they had fought for. Instead, they settled in Scotland, becoming part of the fabric of Scottish life.

For Your Freedom and Ours: Poland, Scotland and the Second World War

Carswell, Allan

Military

A practical guide for exhibition designers and consultants who are designing for physical, sensory and intellectual access to exhibitions in museums and galleries. The book should also be of interest to all those involved in mounting exhibitions, from curators to museum directors.

Designing Exhibitions to Include People with Disabilities

Unknown, Author

Business & Money

The intention of this report is to produce some research and guidance which would move museums towards a more inclusive approach. We hope that what you will find is some stimulation to broaden access to existing and potential user groups in museums, galleries and historic properties because embracing the principles in this report will result in a better communicated message to all visitors.

Access in Mind

Rayner, Ann

Reference

This the first book to describe the system of weights and measures used in medieval Scotland and to explain its evolution into modern times, and also the first to provide secure and accurate figures for the sizes of the units. The book's radical approach includes an emphasis on the physical evidence from surviving measurement standards, and it demonstrates that Scotland's meteorology was sophisticated and was closely involved with those of her trading partners. The book will appeal to a specialist market that includes social, economic and science historians; Scottish historians; weight and scale collectors; museums; and science and technology libraries.

Weights and Measures of Scotland: A European Perspective

A.D.C. Simpson

CONNOR

This book presents the history of the nation, its land, people and culture. A journey through this landmark building uncovers Scotland's geological beginnings right up until the present day. Fold-out pages in full-colour.

Museum of Scotland

Arts & Photography

UNKNOWN

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

The Millennium Clock Tower

Lenert, Maggy

Scotland's Vikings (Scotties)

Children's Books

GORDON JARVIE

The origins of golf are a matter of mystery and controversy. In the absence of tangible evidence, it is to written sources that we must turn for reliable information. Using the archive of the National Library of Scotland, this book takes a look at golf from the 1457 Act of Parliament banning it, to the first Rules of Golf produced in 1744. Quotes from the original documents and books are reproduced, while transcripts, commentary and interpretation of the sources illuminate not only the early days of golf, but also the society which gave rise to the world's most internationally popular game. Portraits and pictures from the national collections complement the documents and the text.

A Swing Through Time

Sports & Outdoors

<p>An account of Dr Isabel Grant's experiences as an early innovator of folk museums - illustrates a history of farming, fishing, crofting and domestic life.</p>

The Making of Am Fasgadh: An Account of the Origins of the Highland Folk Museum by Its Founder (Flashbacks)

Grant, Isabel Frances

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