Author: Robert Allen HoustonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521891677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The volume covers many of the most significant themes in pre-industrial Scottish society.
Scottish Society, 1500-1800
Author: Robert Allen HoustonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521891677
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The volume covers many of the most significant themes in pre-industrial Scottish society.
The Changing Scottish Landscape, 1500-1800
Author: Ian D. WhytePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415029926
Category : Human geography
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History
Author: T. M. DevinePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199563691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience.
Anglo-Scottish Relations from 1603 to 1900
Author: T C SmoutPublisher: Proceedings of the British Aca
ISBN: 9780197263303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In 1603, England and Scotland came together and Great Britain was created. But how did this union last when so many others in Europe have failed? This volume provides an account of two nations who have often differed, remained very distinct and yet have achieved endurance in European terms.
Scottish Society, 1707-1830
Author: Christopher A. WhatleyPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719045417
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book challenges conventional wisdom and provides new insights into Scottish social and economic history. Christopher A. Whatley argues that the Union of 1707 was vital for Scottish success, but in ways which have hitherto been overlooked. He proposes that the central place of Jacobitism in the historiography of the period should be revised. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book is based not only on an exhaustive reading of secondary material but also incorporates a wealth of new evidence from previously little-used or unused primary sources.
Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity
Author: R. A. HoustonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521890885
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book tests the belief that Scotland had the most literate population in the early modern world.
Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment
Author: Christopher J. BerryPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748645330
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The most arresting aspect of the Scottish Enlightenment is its conception of commercial society as a distinct and distinctive social formation. Christopher Berry explains why Enlightenment thinkers considered commercial society to be wealthier and freer than earlier forms, and charts the contemporary debates and tensions between Enlightenment thinkers that this idea raised. The book analyses the full range of literature on the subject, from key works like Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations', David Hume's 'Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects' and Adam Ferguson's 'Essay on the History of Civil Society' to lesser-known works such as Robert Wallace's 'Dissertation on Numbers of Mankind'.
Kings, Lords and Men in Scotland and Britain, 1300-1625
Author: Steve BoardmanPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748691510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
This book brings unusually brings together work on 15th century and the 16th century Scottish history, asking questions such as: How far can medieval themes such as OCylordshipOCO function in the late 16th-century world of Reformation and state formation? How"e;
Women and Scottish Society, 1700–2000
Author: W.W.J. KnoxPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000382389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book attempts to cover all the important aspects of a woman’s life in Scotland, examining how and why it changed over the last 300 years. It walks us through the day-to-day existence of Scottish women and in doing so covers areas such as family and household, education, work and politics, religion and sexuality, crime and punishment. While sensitive to the differences among women, regarding colour, class and sexuality, the book seeks to establish a close and reciprocal relationship between women’s history and gender history; the first delineating the struggles of women for parity with men in economic, legal and political spheres; the second, as means of unravelling the continuing ways in which power is unequally distributed within the home, the workplace and in institutions, and in contesting the male-centred narratives of the past.
The Industrial Revolution in Scotland
Author: Christopher A. WhatleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521576437
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A succinct and accessible account of the nature and impact of industrialisation in Scotland.