Agriculture Economy And Society In Early Modern Scotland

Author : Harriet Cornell,Julian Goodare,Alan R. MacDonald
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781837650484

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Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland by Harriet Cornell,Julian Goodare,Alan R. MacDonald Pdf

Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society. Early modern Scotland was predominantly rural. Agriculture was the main occupation of most people at the time, so what happened in the countryside was crucial: economically, socially and culturally. The essays collected here focus on the years between around 1500 and 1750. This period, although before the main era of agricultural "improvement" in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was nevertheless far from static in terms of agrarian development. Specific topics addressed include everyday farming practices; investment; landlords, tenants and estate management; and the cultural context within which agriculture was "imagined". The disastrous famine of 1622-23 is analysed in detail. The volume is completed by a comprehensive survey of recent historiography, setting agricultural history in its broader context.

Author : Ian D. Whyte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317900023

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Scotland before the Industrial Revolution by Ian D. Whyte Pdf

This splendid portrait of medieval and early modern Scotland through to the Union and its aftermath has no current rival in chronological range, thematic scope and richness of detail. Ian Whyte pays due attention to the wide regional variations within Scotland itself and to the distinctive elements of her economy and society; but he also highlights the many parallels between the Scottish experience and that of her neighbours, especially England. The result sets the development of Scotland within its British context and beyond, in a book that will interest and delight far more than Scottish specialists alone.

Author : Ian Whyte
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349253074

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Scotland’s Society and Economy in Transition, c.1500–c.1760 by Ian Whyte Pdf

During the last twenty years there has been an explosion of new research into the development of Scotland from a small, backward country on the periphery of Europe to one poised to undergo industrialisation in step with England. This book provides an overview of key themes related to social change and economic development in early Modern Scotland aimed at demonstrating how this transformation occurred.

Author : Thomas Martin Devine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006008564

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The Transformation of Rural Scotland by Thomas Martin Devine Pdf

"In the eighteenth century the old peasant society of lowland Scotland disappeared to be replaced by a new order of capitalist farmers and landless labourers. It was one of the most fundamental changes in modern Scottish history, but has never before been studied in detail." "In this groundbreaking book, T. M. Devine uses original and extensive archive material from four representative counties to explore this social revolution - a revolution unparalleled in Western Europe for its speed and scale. He compares developments in the Highlands of Scotland and in agrarian England, and covers a wide range of issues, including: the seventeenth-century rural social structure; the eighteenth-century agrarian economy; landlordism and improvement; the evolution of the tenant farming class; and the dispossession of the cottar class. It is an important and controversial book on a subject which has received inadequate study in the past."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Allan Kennedy,Susanne Weston
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837650231

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Life at the Margins in Early Modern Scotland by Allan Kennedy,Susanne Weston Pdf

An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteen to the eighteenth century. Throughout the early modern period, Scottish society was constructed around an expectation of social conformity: people were required to operate within a relatively narrow range of acceptable identities and behaviours. Those who did not conform to this idealised standard, or who were in some fundamental way different from the prescribed norm, were met with suspicion. Such individuals often attracted both criticism and discrimination, forcing them to live confirmed to the social margins. Focusing on a range of marginalised groups, including the poor, migrants, ethnic minorities, indentured workers and women, the contributors to this book explore what it was like to live at the boundaries of social acceptability, what mechanisms were involved in policing the divide between "mainstream" and "marginal", and what opportunities existed for personal or collective fulfilment. The result is a fresh perspective on early modern Scotland, one that not only recovers the stories of people long excluded from historical discussion, but also offers a deeper understanding of the ordering assumptions of society more generally. Specific topics addressed range from the marginalisation of people with disabilities in the domestic sphere to female sex workers, and the place of executioners in society.

Author : Keith Wrightson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300094124

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Earthly Necessities by Keith Wrightson Pdf

Wrightson describes the basic institutions and relationships of economic life in Britain, tracing the processes of change, and examines how these changes affect men, women, and children of all ages. Illustrations.

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 9780748653348

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Transformation of Scotland by Tom M. Devine Pdf

This is the first comprehensive history of the Scottish economy over the last three centuries to appear in a generation. Written by leading scholars in the field, it presents 'state of the art' research in an accessible style to all those interested in understanding the historical context of modern Scotland. Fresh interpretations are revealed on such key and controversial issues as the impact of the Union of 1707, the Clearances, the rise and fall of Scottish heavy industry and the recent transformation of the modern economy. The distinctive features of the Scottish economic system are stressed but these are also analysed within a British and international context. The focus of the volume is both broad and detailed with full treatment of agriculture, finance, industry and the service sector as well as the impact of momentous economic changes on the lives of the people and the massive new role in the twentieth century of the state in economic affairs. At a time of intense debate on the present and future condition of Scotland under a devolved parliament and executive, this book provides the essential background and the long-run perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the nation.

Author : Mark Overton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521568595

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Agricultural Revolution in England by Mark Overton Pdf

This book is the first available survey of English agriculture between 1500 and 1850. It combines new evidence with recent findings from the specialist literature, to argue that the agricultural revolution took place in the century after 1750. Taking a broad view of agrarian change, the author begins with a description of sixteenth-century farming and an analysis of its regional structure. He then argues that the agricultural revolution consisted of two related transformations. The first was a transformation in output and productivity brought about by a complex set of changes in farming practice. The second was a transformation of the agrarian economy and society, including a series of related developments in marketing, landholding, field systems, property rights, enclosure and social relations. Written specifically for students, this book will be invaluable to anyone studying English economic and social history, or the history of agriculture.

Author : Julian Goodare
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191542886

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State and Society in Early Modern Scotland by Julian Goodare Pdf

This is the first full scholarly study of state formation and the exercise of state power in Scotland. It sets the Scottish state in a British and European context, revealing that Scotland — like larger and better-known states — developed a more integrated governmental system in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This study provides an invaluable new contribution to the history of Scotland. Julian Goodare shows how the magnates ceased to exercise autonomous local power, and instead managed the new administrative structure through client networks. The state no longer drew its main revenues from land, but developed new taxes; its fighting forces were modernized and detached from landed power. With the Reformation, powerful church institutions were created, and were gradually integrated into the state. The states territorial integrity increased, giving it a closer and more troubled relationship with the Highlands. Scotland remained a sovereign state even after the union of crowns in 1603, but it was finally absorbed by England in 1707, and Dr Goodare examines the long-term context of this development.

Author : Robert Allen Houston,Ian D. Whyte
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0521891671

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Scottish Society, 1500-1800 by Robert Allen Houston,Ian D. Whyte Pdf

The volume covers many of the most significant themes in pre-industrial Scottish society.

Author : John Bulaitis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781837651870

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The Tithe War in England and Wales, 1881-1936 by John Bulaitis Pdf

Brings to life a fascinating page of history in a scholarly but highly readable account of the "tithe war". During the 1930s, farming communities waged a campaign of "passive resistance" against Tithe Rentcharge, the modern version of medieval tithe. Led by the National Tithepayers' Association, farmers refused to pay the charge, disrupted auctions of seized stock and joined demonstrations to prevent action by bailiffs. The National Government condemned their "unconstitutional action", ruled out changes in the law and mobilised police to support the titheowners. Meanwhile, the Church of England and lay titheowners - including Oxford and Cambridge colleges, public schools and major landowners - sought to vindicate their right to tithe; in a particularly shameful episode, the Church established a secret company to buy taken produce and remove it from farms. This "tithe war" was fought outside farms, in the courts, in the press and in the wider arena of public opinion. It posed problems for the Church, legal system, and every political party; split the National Farmers' Union; and provided opportunities for the British Union of Fascists and other sections of the extreme right to cause disturbance. Drawing on extensive archival research, accounts in local newspapers, and private papers, John Bulaitis traces the evolution of what has been described as this "curious rural revolt", from the late nineteenth century to its climax in 1936, when the Tithe Act brought an end to this form of tax.

Author : Amanda L. Capern
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000709599

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The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe by Amanda L. Capern Pdf

The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe is a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the lives of women in early-modern Europe between 1450 and 1750. Covering a period of dramatic political and cultural change, the book challenges the current contours and chronologies of European history by observing them through the lens of female experience. The collaborative research of this book covers four themes: the affective world; practical knowledge for life; politics and religion; arts, science and humanities. These themes are interwoven through the chapters, which encompass all areas of women’s lives: sexuality, emotions, health and wellbeing, educational attainment, litigation and the practical and leisured application of knowledge, skills and artistry from medicine to theology. The intellectual lives of women, through reading and writing, and their spirituality and engagement with the material world, are also explored. So too is the sheer energy of female work, including farming and manufacture, skilled craft and artwork, theatrical work and scientific enquiry. The Routledge History of Women in Early Modern Europe revises the chronological and ideological parameters of early-modern European history by opening the reader’s eyes to an exciting age of female productivity, social engagement and political activism across European and transatlantic boundaries. It is essential reading for students and researchers of early-modern history, the history of women and gender studies.

Author : Bob Harris,Alan R. MacDonald
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89100065119

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Scotland: Early modern Scotland : c.1500-1707 by Bob Harris,Alan R. MacDonald Pdf

This book shows relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

Author : R. C. Richardson,William Henry Chaloner
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0719036003

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British Economic and Social History by R. C. Richardson,William Henry Chaloner Pdf

Author : T. M. Devine,Jenny Wormald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199563692

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Scottish History by T. M. Devine,Jenny Wormald Pdf

A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience.