A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800
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A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800

  1. 352 pages
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A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800

About this book

This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, social and economic change. It underlines the importance of the church in post-Reformation Scottish society, but also highlights aspects of everyday life that remained the same, or similar, notwithstanding the efforts of the kirk, employers and the state to alter behaviours and attitudes.Drawing upon and interrogating a range of primary sources, the authors create a richly coloured, highly-nuanced picture of the lives of ordinary Scots from birth through marriage to death. Analytical in approach, the coverage of topics is wide, ranging from the ways people made a living, through their non-work activities including reading, playing and relationships, to the ways they experienced illness and approached death.This volume:*Provides a rich and finely nuanced social history of the period 1600-1800 *Gets behind the politics of Union and Jacobitism, and the experience of agricultural and industrial 'revolution'*Presents the scholarly expertise of its contributing authors in a accessible way*Includes a guide to further reading indicating sources for further study

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Yes, you can access A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800 by Elizabeth A Foyster,Christopher A Whatley, Elizabeth Foyster, Christopher Whatley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & European History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
EUP
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9780748629060
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Contents
  3. Tables
  4. Figures
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Series Editors’ Foreword
  7. Introduction Recovering the Everyday in Early Modern Scotland
  8. Chapter 1 Everyday Structures, Rhythms and Spaces of the Scottish Countryside
  9. Chapter 2 Improvement and Modernisation in Everyday Enlightenment Scotland
  10. Chapter 3 Death, Birth and Marriage in Early Modern Scotland
  11. Chapter 4 Illness, Disease and Pain
  12. Chapter 5 Necessities: Food and Clothing in the Long Eighteenth Century
  13. Chapter 6 Communicating
  14. Chapter 7 Order and Disorder
  15. Chapter 8 Sensory Experiences: Smells, Sounds and Touch
  16. Chapter 9 Beliefs, Religions, Fears and Neuroses
  17. Chapter 10 Movement, Transport and Travel
  18. Chapter 11 Work, Time and Pastimes
  19. Annotated Bibliography
  20. Notes on the Contributors
  21. Index