A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800

Elizabeth Foyster; Christopher Whatley

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2010

A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800

Elizabeth Foyster and Christopher Whatley

In the series A History of Everyday Life in Scotland

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748629060

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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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Series Editors’ Foreword Christopher A. Whatley and Elizabeth Foyster Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Recovering the Everyday in Early Modern Scotland Elizabeth Foyster and Christopher A. Whatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Everyday Structures, Rhythms and Spaces of the Scottish Countryside Robert A. Dodgshon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
2. Improvement and Modernisation in Everyday Enlightenment Scotland Charles McKean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
3. Death, Birth and Marriage in Early Modern Scotland Deborah A. Symonds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4. Illness, Disease and Pain Helen M. Dingwall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
5. Necessities: Food and Clothing in the Long Eighteenth Century Stana Nenadic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
6. Communicating Bob Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
7. Order and Disorder Christopher A. Whatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
8. Sensory Experiences: Smells, Sounds and Touch Elizabeth Foyster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
9. Beliefs, Religions, Fears and Neuroses Joyce Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
10. Movement, Transport and Travel Alastair Durie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
11. Work, Time and Pastimes Christopher A. Whatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Annotated Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	304
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Other: 3 B/W tables 42 B/W halftones
Keywords: Scottish Studies

eBook

Published: February 28, 2010
ISBN: 9780748629060