Association and Enlightenment: Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700-1830

Published by Bucknell University Press 2021

Association and Enlightenment

Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700-1830

Edited by: Mark C. Wallace and Jane Rendall
With contributions by: David Allan , Bob Harris , Jacqueline Jenkinson , Ralph McLean , James J. Caudle , Rhona Brown , Corey Andrews , Martyn Powell and Rosalind Carr
Preface by: Christopher A. Whatley

In the series Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

https://doi.org/10.36019/9781684482702

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About this book

Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied: they could be convivial, sporting, or scholarly, or they could be a significant and dynamic social force, committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to sociability. The essays in this volume examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors address attitudes toward associations, their meeting places and rituals, their links with the growth of the professions and with literary culture, and the ways in which they were structured by both class and gender. By widening the context in which clubs and societies are set, the collection offers a new framework for understanding them, bringing together the inheritance of the Scottish past, the unique and cohesive polite culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the broader context of associational patterns common to Britain, Ireland, and beyond.

Author / Editor information

MARK WALLACE is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

JANE RENDALL is an honorary fellow of the History Department and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York (UK).

Reviews

“[A] useful new perspective on the era of the Scottish Enlightenment that offers readers much stimulating material and many insightful interpretations.”

— David Spadafora, author of The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-Century Britain

“The editors have brought together a volume that explores all that we have discovered about the place of clubs and societies in Scotland during the long eighteenth century, answering many of the questions posed so long ago in Davis D. McElroy’s pioneering study of 1969. Bucknell has published what will be a lasting and essential work.”

— Stephen Brown, co-editor of Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707-1800

"Handsomely produced."

— Eighteenth Century Scottish Studies Society newsletter

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Christopher A. Whatley Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Mark C. Wallace and Jane Rendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. The Theory and Practice of Associational Life
1 Politeness, Sociability, and the “Little Platoon”: Associational Theory in the Scottish Enlightenment David Allan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
2 Buildings, Associations, and Culture in the Scottish Provincial Town, c. 1700–1830 Bob Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
PART II. Professional Men and Their Societies
3 Medical Societies and the Scottish Enlightenment Jacqueline Jenkinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4 Professors, Merchants, and Ministers in the Clubs of Eighteenth-Century Glasgow Ralph McLean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
PART III. Clubs, Societies, and Literary Culture
5 “Soaping” and “Shaving” the Public Sphere: James Boswell’s “Soaping Club” and Edinburgh Enlightenment Sociability James J. Caudle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
6 The “Bohemian Club”: A Study of Edinburgh’s Cape Club Rhona Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
7 “Caledonia’s Bard, Brother Burns”: Robert Burns and Scottish Freemasonry Corey E. Andrews Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8 Inventing the Public Sphere: Fictional Club Life in Ireland and Scotland Martyn J. Powell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
PART IV. Gender and Associational Culture
9 Achieving Manhood in Associational Culture: Student Societies and Masculinity in Enlightenment Edinburgh Rosalind Carr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
10 Women’s Associations in Scotland, 1790–1830 Jane Rendall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

Language: English
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 284
Keywords: Eighteenth-Century Studies; Scotland; Nineteenth-Century; Clubs; Societies; Class; Culture; Gender; Scottish Enlightenment; Britain; Ireland; History; Literary Culture; Edinburgh

eBook

Published: December 18, 2020
ISBN: 9781684482702