Gender in Scottish history since 1700 / edited by Lynn Abrams ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abrams, Lynn, Author.

Contributor:

Abrams, Lynn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Scotland--History.

Sex role.

Scotland--History.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers a gendered perspective on Scotland's past. This work starts from the assumption that gender is integral to our understanding of the ways in which societies in the past were organised. Each chapter engages with one key theme from Scottish historiography, asking what happens when women are added to the story.

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Gendering the Agenda; 2 Gender and Scottish Identity; 3 Women, Gender and Politics; 4 Religion; 5 Education and Learning; 6 Medicine, Science and the Body; 7 Gender, the Arts and Culture; 8 Work, Trade and Commerce; 9 The Family; Contributors; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610501427

9780748672172

0748672176

9781280501425

1280501421

9780748626397

0748626395

OCLC:

475989226

Publisher Number:

9780748626397