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A history of everyday life in Scotland 1600 to 1800 / edited by Elizabeth Foyster and Christopher A. Whatley.

Contributor(s): Foyster, Elizabeth A, 1968- | Whatley, Christopher A | JSTOR (Organization) [pltfrm]Series: History of everyday life in Scotland ; v. 2.Publication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010. Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780748629060 (electronic bk.) (discovery); 0748629068 (electronic bk.) (discovery)Subject(s): Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 17th century | Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century | Scotland -- History -- 17th century | Scotland -- History -- 18th century | Scotland -- Social conditions -- 17th century | Scotland -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Everyday life | ScotlandAdditional physical formats: Print version:: History of everyday life in Scotland 1600 to 1800.DDC classification: 306.0941109032 LOC classification: DA800 | .H57 2010ebOnline resources: Notre Dame Online Access
Contents:
Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction Recovering the Everyday in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 1 Everyday Structures, Rhythms and Spaces of the Scottish Countryside; Chapter 2 Improvement and Modernisation in Everyday Enlightenment Scotland; Chapter 3 Death, Birth and Marriage in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 4 Illness, Disease and Pain; Chapter 5 Necessities: Food and Clothing in the Long Eighteenth Century; Chapter 6 Communicating; Chapter 7 Order and Disorder; Chapter 8 Sensory Experiences: Smells, Sounds and Touch.
Chapter 9 Beliefs, Religions, Fears and NeurosesChapter 10 Movement, Transport and Travel; Chapter 11 Work, Time and Pastimes; Annotated Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index.
Summary: 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 thro.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction Recovering the Everyday in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 1 Everyday Structures, Rhythms and Spaces of the Scottish Countryside; Chapter 2 Improvement and Modernisation in Everyday Enlightenment Scotland; Chapter 3 Death, Birth and Marriage in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 4 Illness, Disease and Pain; Chapter 5 Necessities: Food and Clothing in the Long Eighteenth Century; Chapter 6 Communicating; Chapter 7 Order and Disorder; Chapter 8 Sensory Experiences: Smells, Sounds and Touch.

Chapter 9 Beliefs, Religions, Fears and NeurosesChapter 10 Movement, Transport and Travel; Chapter 11 Work, Time and Pastimes; Annotated Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index.

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 thro.

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