Scottish society, 1500-1800
By: edited by R.A. Houston and I.D. Whyte.
Contributors: Houston, R. A. 1954-; Whyte, Ian
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Scotland -- Social life and customs.; Scotland -- History -- 16th century.; Scotland -- History -- 17th century.; Scotland -- History -- 18th century.; Scotland -- Social conditions.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 261-287.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Population mobility in early modern Scotland / I.D. Whyte; title: Scottish food and Scottish history, 1500-1800 / A. Gibson and T.C. Smout; title: Continuity and change in urban society, 1500-1700 / M. Lynch; title: Women in the economy and society of Scotland, 1500-1800 / R.A. Houston; title: Social responses to agrarian "improvement" / T.M. Devine; title: "Pretense of blude" and "place of thair dwelling" / R.A. Dodgshon; title: North and south / R. Mitchison; title: Scotland and Ireland, 1600-1800 / L.M. Cullen; title: Kindred adjoining kingdoms / K.E. Wrightson.