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Book Susan Carnegie  1744 1821

Download or read book Susan Carnegie 1744 1821 written by Alexander Allan Cormack and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Association and Enlightenment

Download or read book Association and Enlightenment written by Mark C. Wallace and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book A Great Grievance

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  • Author : Laurence A.B. Whitley
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2013-01-11
  • ISBN : 1621896447
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book A Great Grievance written by Laurence A.B. Whitley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1843 the Church of Scotland split apart. In the Disruption, as it was called, those who left to form the Free Church of Scotland claimed they did so because the law denied congregations the freedom to elect their own pastor. As they saw it, this fundamental Christian right had been usurped by lay patrons, who, by the Patronage Act of 1712, had been given the privilege of choosing and presenting parish ministers. But lay patronage was nothing new to the Church in Scotland, and to this day it remains an acceptable practice south of the border. What were the issues that made Scotland different? To date, little work has been done on the history of Scottish lay patronage and how antipathy to it developed. In A Great Grievance, Laurence Whitley traces the way attitudes ebbed and flowed from earliest times, and then in the main body of the book, looks at the place of Scottish lay patronage in the extraordinary and complex period in British history that followed the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The book examines some of the myths and controversies that sprung up and draws some unexpected conclusions.

Book Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen

Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen written by Elizabeth L. Ewan and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-27 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class and category inScotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora.The BiographicalDictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public andfor students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in itsapproach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Eachentry makes sense of its subject in narrative terms, telling a story ratherthan simply offering information. The book is as enjoyable to read as it iseasy and valuable to consult. It is a unique and important contribution tothe history of women and Scotland.The publisher acknowledges support fromthe Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive Equalities Unit towardsthe publication of this title.

Book Lunatics  Imbeciles and Idiots

Download or read book Lunatics Imbeciles and Idiots written by Kathryn Burtinshaw and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reveals the grisly conditions in which the mentally ill were kept . . . [and] harrowing details of the inhumane and gruesome treatment of these patients.”—Daily Mail In the first half of the nineteenth century, treatment of the mentally ill in Britain and Ireland underwent radical change. No longer manacled, chained and treated like wild animals, patient care was defined in law and medical understanding, and treatment of insanity developed. Focusing on selected cases, this new study enables the reader to understand how progressively advancing attitudes and expectations affected decisions, leading to better legislation and medical practice throughout the century. Specific mental health conditions are discussed in detail and the treatments patients received are analyzed in an expert way. A clear view of why institutional asylums were established, their ethos for the treatment of patients, and how they were run as palaces rather than prisons giving moral therapy to those affected becomes apparent. The changing ways in which patients were treated, and altered societal views to the incarceration of the mentally ill, are explored. The book is thoroughly illustrated and contains images of patients and asylum staff never previously published, as well as first-hand accounts of life in a nineteenth-century asylum from a patient’s perspective. Written for genealogists as well as historians, this book contains clear information concerning access to asylum records and other relevant primary sources and how to interpret their contents in a meaningful way. “Through the use of case studies, this book adds a personal note to the historiography in a way that is often missing from scholarly works.”—Federation of Family History Societies

Book English Literature  1660 1800

Download or read book English Literature 1660 1800 written by Curt Arno Zimansky and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Philological Quarterly's annual bibliographies of modern studies in English neoclassical literature, published originally from 1961 to 1970, are reproduced in two volumes. Readers will find the same features that distinguished earlier compilations in the series: inclusive listing of significant works published in each year (including sections on the historical and cultural background as well as literature), authoritative reviews of important works, critical comments, and a full index that is in itself an indispensable reference tool. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Book Regency Women

Download or read book Regency Women written by Peter Bell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Northern Scotland

Download or read book Northern Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology

Download or read book A Reference Companion to the History of Abnormal Psychology written by John G. Howells and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1984 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Source book and a channel to the history of abnormal psychology." Entries consist of both the unusual and the pathological. Contains many biographical entries. Each entry gives name or concept, explanatory definition or discussion, and bibliographical reference. List of entries by categories, illustrations, list of journal abbreviations, and index.

Book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  Cappe Chancellor

Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Cappe Chancellor written by Henry Colin Gray Matthew and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002.

Book Candie for the Foundling

Download or read book Candie for the Foundling written by Anne Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the social impact made by the Kirk sessions on the lives of ordinary people.

Book Historical Foundations of Globalization

Download or read book Historical Foundations of Globalization written by James Foreman-Peck and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-two contributions, several of them previously published and reproduced directly from original sources, discuss the historical underpinnings of contemporary economic globalization. Topics include: the technology of 19th century globalization; trade, prices and globalization; the monetary system of globalization, capital market integration and foreign debt; business and globalization; migration and globalization; deglobalization between the wars; and the political economy of globalization. Name index only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Women in Western European History  From antiquity to the French Revolution

Download or read book Women in Western European History From antiquity to the French Revolution written by Linda Frey and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Union Catalog

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Book International Business in the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book International Business in the Nineteenth Century written by Charles A. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Om de multinationale selskabaer i det 19. århundrede

Book Women in Western European History

Download or read book Women in Western European History written by Linda Frey and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philanthropy in Victorian Scotland

Download or read book Philanthropy in Victorian Scotland written by Olive Checkland and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1980 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: