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Elite Women and Polite Society in Eighteenth-century Scotland
Katharine Glover
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Description for Elite Women and Polite Society in Eighteenth-century Scotland
Hardback. Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Fashionable "polite" society of this period emphasised mixed-gender sociability and encouraged the visible participation of elite women in a series of urban, often public settings. Using a variety of sources (both men's and women's correspondence, accounts, bills, memoirs and other family papers), this book investigates the ways in which polite social practices and expectations influenced the experience of elite femininity in Scotland in the eighteenth century. It explores women's education and upbringing; their reading practices; the meanings of the social spaces and ... Read more
Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time. Fashionable "polite" society of this period emphasised mixed-gender sociability and encouraged the visible participation of elite women in a series of urban, often public settings. Using a variety of sources (both men's and women's correspondence, accounts, bills, memoirs and other family papers), this book investigates the ways in which polite social practices and expectations influenced the experience of elite femininity in Scotland in the eighteenth century. It explores women's education and upbringing; their reading practices; the meanings of the social spaces and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843836810
SKU
V9781843836810
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Reviews for Elite Women and Polite Society in Eighteenth-century Scotland
An excellent exemplar of the growing historiography of eighteenth-century Scottish social history. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW, vol. 128, no. 533, August 2013
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The stories that Glover uncovers are fascinating. . In bringing the voices of these women out of the archives, Glover has made a valuable and compelling contribution to the growing scholarship on women in eighteenth-century Scotland. ... Read more
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The stories that Glover uncovers are fascinating. . In bringing the voices of these women out of the archives, Glover has made a valuable and compelling contribution to the growing scholarship on women in eighteenth-century Scotland. ... Read more