Books by David Turnock

This book examines the geography of the transition economies that were not formerly part of the Soviet Union. The main themes of the transition from communism to market capitalism are outlined and variations discussed.

The aim is twofold; to trace the development of the railway network in the context of separate company interests, and to consider the impact of the railways with reference to the waterway system and to everyday life in both the towns and the countryside.

Studies the long term economic transformation of Romania, offering a narrative and thematic account of events from nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. This book addresses a range of pertinent issues that have shaped Romania's economic development. It offers insight into both the history of Romania, and its future prospects.

This volume looks at the evolution of rural settlement in Scotland from the Mesolithic period through to the improving movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Changes in society and technology are explored along with the development of the physical landscape.

Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound upheaval and their economic coherence has become fractured. David Turnock examines in this work the transition from Communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe.

Covering the whole range of East Central European and former Soviet Union countries, this book charts the diversity within the region. It offers coverage of specific areas, as well as an overview of development across the region. It is organised into three comprehensive sections: the historical, socio-economic and environmental.

This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the historical geography of Scotland since the Union. The book contains a number of original researches and Dr Turnock attempts to set the Scottish experience in a framework of general ideas on modernisation.