Product Description

This volume, the earlier of the two-volume official History of Aberdeen, provides a comprehensive picture of the development of the two historic burghs of Old Aberdeen and New Aberdeen over their first seven centuries, from 1100 to 1800. As early as the 14th century, Aberdeen was recognized as one of the "four great towns of Scotland". Early settlement, the growing townscape and social change over the centuries are all traced. Aberdeen's contacts with the sea and other towns overseas and its economy and politics, both local and national, are assessed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #749875 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 516 pages

Customer Reviews

an interesting insight into the growth of a small city
An interesting selection of chapters from a number of authors mostly based around the content of the City of Aberdeen's archives.

The results, as a whole, is an eye opening view of the development of a city, and will obviously be of particular interest to readers with some attachment to Aberdeen.

Where it fails is in the editing - the styles between chapters vary widely. In some cases it reads like an under-graduate research paper with little more than statistics, while other chapters are delivered in a wonderful storyteller fashion. Also, there is a bit of duplication across chapters that could have been avoided or edited out.

There's a second volume, covering 1800 onwards which makes a great companion to this book.