The Statistical Accounts of Scotland are three series of documentary publications covering life in Scotland in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
The Old (or First) Statistical Account of Scotland was published between 1791 and 1792 by Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster. The New (or Second) Statistical Account of Scotland published under the auspices of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland between 1834 and 1845. These first 2 Statistical Accounts of Scotland are some of the finest European contemporary records of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions.
A Third Statistical Account of Scotland was published between 1951 and 1992.
Read more about Statistical Accounts Of Scotland: Early Attempts, The First (Old) Statistical Account of Scotland, The Second (New) Statistical Account of Scotland, The Third Statistical Account of Scotland
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