A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900

The nineteenth century was a period of profound change in Scottish history. Industrialisation, improved communications, agricultural transformation, country to town migration, upheavals in the church, increased trade, and imperialism -- all these affected the pace and rhythm of everyday life across the country. At the same time increased literacy helped to generate new patterns of identity, extending beyond the local to encompass the nation, which challenged certainties of how the world was viewed. With new styles of living came new dangers to the physical and moral health of the population, and increased apprehension of crime and disorder. Industrialisation created opportunities for consumption and recreation but with tangible environmental and economic costs. Rural Scotland adjusted to changes in farming practice and the traumas of population loss and began to look to the opportunities presented by recreation and tourism. The large-scale creation and survival of documentary evidence and records make the study of everyday life during this period practicable in depth for the first time. This volume presents a vivid account that includes the experiences of all the people of Scotland. It draws on every kind of available evidence and on work in social and cultural history, sociology and anthropology. The series will be complete in four volumes. x and x are already available. x is forthcoming.

ISBN 0748621709   Pages 336 ISBN13 9780748621705 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 511 Publisher Edinburgh University Press   Published in Edinburgh Imprint Edinburgh University Press   Series title A History of Everyday Life in Scotland Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Aug 2010   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 941.1081   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		List of Figures
		Acknowledgements
		Series Editors' Foreword by Christopher A. Whatley
		Introduction: Structures of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1800 to 1900 by Graeme Morton		1
1		Land, the Landscape and People in the Nineteenth Century by Fiona Watson		23
2		Necessities in the Nineteenth Century by W. Hamish Fraser		60
3		Rituals, Transitions and Life Courses in Era of Social Transformation by Andrew Blaikie		89
4		Beliefs and Religions by Stewart J. Brown		116
5		Movement, Transport and Tourism by Alastair Durie		147
6		Work, Leisure and Time in the Nineteenth Century by Trevor Griffiths		170
7		Crime, Protest and Policing in Nineteenth-Century Scotland by A. McKinlay		196
8		New Spaces for Scotland, 1800 to 1900 by R. J. Morris		225
9		Identity Out of Place by Graeme Morton		256
		Annotated Bibliography		288
		Notes on the Contributors		311
		Index		314

This book, part of a landmark new series on the history of the everyday in Scotland, will become a fixture in the bibliographies of historians, students, and interested readers alike. The series consists of four volumes covering everyday life from the medieval period up to the twentieth century and aims to examine, "the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people" (ix). Some of the best historians in their field have contributed to this volume, in nine specialist chapters. There is also a very good series introduction, an introduction to the volume, an annotated bibliography, and a plethora of fascinating illustrations, making it an excellent resource for readers! It is a roaring success; theoretically informed, and all of the chapters clearly linked to create an admirably coherent whole without any overlap-the authors and editors are to be congratulated. -- Annie Tindley, Glasgow Caledonian University Journal of British Studies This book, part of a landmark new series on the history of the everyday in Scotland, will become a fixture in the bibliographies of historians, students, and interested readers alike. The series consists of four volumes covering everyday life from the medieval period up to the twentieth century and aims to examine, "the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people" (ix). Some of the best historians in their field have contributed to this volume, in nine specialist chapters. There is also a very good series introduction, an introduction to the volume, an annotated bibliography, and a plethora of fascinating illustrations, making it an excellent resource for readers! It is a roaring success; theoretically informed, and all of the chapters clearly linked to create an admirably coherent whole without any overlap-the authors and editors are to be congratulated.

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