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Autore |
Foyster Elizabeth A. <1968-> |
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Titolo |
A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800 |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-62003-7 |
9786612620034 |
0-7486-2906-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 pages) |
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Collana |
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A history of everyday life in Scotland A history of everyday life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800. |
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Soggetti |
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Scotland 17th century History |
Scotland 18th century History |
Scotland 17th century Social conditions |
Scotland Social life and customs 18th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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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