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Lynn (Ed) Abrams - A History of Everyday Life in Twentieth Century Scotland - 9780748624317 - V9780748624317
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A History of Everyday Life in Twentieth Century Scotland

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Description for A History of Everyday Life in Twentieth Century Scotland Paperback. In this book leading cultural historians come together to examine how the daily activities of Scottish people reflected a constant re-construction of culture, religion, ideology and identity between 1900 and 2000. Editor(s): Abrams, Lynn; Brown, Callum G. Series: A History of Everyday Life in Scotland. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Over the twentieth century Scots' lives changed in fast, dramatic and culturally significant ways. By examining their bodies, homes, working lives, rituals, beliefs and consumption, this volume exposes how the very substance of everyday life was composed, tracing both the intimate and the mass changes that the people endured. Using novel perspectives and methods, chapters range across the experiences of work, art and death, the way Scots conceived of themselves and their homes, and the way the 'old Scotland' of oppressive community rules broke down from mid-century as the country reinvented its everyday life and culture. This volume brings together ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
A History of Everyday Life in Scotland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624317
SKU
V9780748624317
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About Lynn (Ed) Abrams
Lynn Abrams is Professor of Gender History at the University of Glasgow. Her current research focuses on the social practices of masculinity in Scotland and on theories of oral history. She is convenor of Women's History Scotland. Callum G. Brown is Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee. He is a past editor of the ... Read more

Reviews for A History of Everyday Life in Twentieth Century Scotland
Here is a very welcome addition to the EUP series of volumes, edited by Chris Whatley and Elizabeth Foyster, A History of Everyday Life in Scotland... It will find its way on to undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists, and hopefully on to many other twentyfirst century bookshelves.
Jim Philips, University of Glasgow Journal of Scottish Historical Studies In any ... Read more

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