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Total Pages : 1364 pages
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Download or read book The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Renfrew, Argyle written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 716 pages
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Download or read book The New Staistical Account of Scotland: pt.1-2 Renfrew, Argyle written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1026 pages
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Download or read book The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, General index written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 838 pages
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Download or read book The New Statistical Account of Scotland: List of parishes. Edinburgh written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Ellen Brown
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813189748
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book William Motherwell's Cultural Politics written by Mary Ellen Brown and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Motherwell (1797-1835), journalist, poet, man-of-letters, wit, civil servant, and outspoken conservative, published his anthology of ballads, Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern, in 1827. His views on authenticity, editorial practice, the nature of oral transmission, and the importance of sung performance—acquired through field collecting—anticipate much later scholarly discourse. Published after the death of Burns and the publication of Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, ballads such as those Motherwell collected were one focus of a loose-knit movement that might be designated, cultural nationalism. This interest in preserving relics that suggested a distinctly Scottish culture and nation was one response to the union of the Scottish and English Parliaments in 1707. Mary Ellen Brown's study provides a model for historical ethnography, focusing on an individual and illustrating the multiple ways he was richly embedded in his time and place.
Author : Gwyn Campbell
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030516482
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The Travels of Robert Lyall, 1789–1831 written by Gwyn Campbell and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the life of Robert Lyall, surgeon, botanist, voyager, British Agent to the court of Madagascar. Born the year of the French Revolution, Lyall grew up in politically radical Paisley, Scotland, before studying medicine, in Edinburgh, Manchester, and subsequently St. Petersburg, Russia. His criticism of the Tsar and Russian aristocracy led to an abrupt departure for London where Lyall became the voice of liberalism and calls for political reform, before appointed British Resident Agent in Madagascar in 1827, representing the interests of the Tory establishment that he had hitherto so roundly castigated. However, Lyall discovered that the Malagasy crown had turned against the British alliance of 1820, his scientific pursuits alienated the local elite, and his efforts to re-establish British influence antagonized the queen, Ranavalona I, who accused Lyall of sorcery and forced him and his burgeoning family to leave for Mauritius where he died an untimely death, of malaria, in 1831.
Author : Sir John Sinclair
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Total Pages : 756 pages
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Download or read book The Statistical Account of Scotland written by Sir John Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1798 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Waters
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300221401
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Cursed Britain written by Thomas Waters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present day Cursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed - dark supernatural forces. Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them. Waters takes us on a fascinating journey from Scottish islands to the folklore-rich West Country, from the immense territories of the British Empire to metropolitan London. We learn why magic caters to deep-seated human needs but see how it can also be abused, and discover how witchcraft survives by evolving and changing. Along the way, we examine an array of remarkable beliefs and rituals, from traditional folk magic to diverse spiritualities originating in Africa and Asia. This is a tale of cynical quacks and sincere magical healers, depressed people and furious vigilantes, innocent victims and rogues who claimed to possess evil abilities. Their spellbinding stories raise important questions about the state's role in regulating radical spiritualities, the fragility of secularism and the true nature of magic.
Author : Thomas McStay Adams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350276251
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500, Volume 2 written by Thomas McStay Adams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over five centuries, Thomas McStay Adams explores social welfare from Portugal, France, and Italy to Britain, Belgium and Germany. He shows that the provision of assistance to those in need has faced recognizably similar challenges from the 16th century through to the present: how to allocate aid equitably (and with dignity); how to give support without undermining autonomy (and motivation); and how to balance private and public spheres of action and responsibility. Across two authoritative volumes, Adams reveals how social welfare administrators, critics, and improvers have engaged in a constant exchange of models and experience locally and across Europe. The narrative begins with the founding of the Casa da Misericordia of Lisbon in 1498, a model replicated throughout Portugal and its empire, and ends with the relaunch of a social agenda for the European Union at the meeting of the Council of Europe in Lisbon in 2000. Volume 1, which focuses on the period from 1500 to 1700, discusses the concepts of 'welfare' and 'tradition'. It looks at how 16th-century humanists joined with merchants and lawyers to renew traditional charity in distinctly modern forms, and how the discipline of religious reform affected the exercise of political authority and the promotion of economic productivity. Volume 2 examines 18th-century bienfaisance which secularized a Christian humanist notion of beneficence, producing new and sharply contested assertions of social citizenship. It goes on to consider how national struggles to establish comprehensive welfare states since the second half of the 19th century built on the power of the vote as politicians, pushed by activists and advised by experts, appealed to a growing class of industrial workers. Lastly, it looks at how 20th-century welfare states addressed aspirations for social citizenship while the institutional framework for European economic cooperation came to fruition
Author : Anthony Cooke
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474400132
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book History of Drinking written by Anthony Cooke and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines continuity and change in the functions of Scottish drinking places.
Author : Ian Gow
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474468608
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Scottish Country Houses, 1600-1914 written by Ian Gow and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new illustrated paperback edition examines the Scottish country house in all its guises - from great classical houses like Hopetoun, to familiar castles such as Glamis and Craigievar - as well as giving insights into the architects who designed them, including William and Robert Adam, Sir John James Burnet and Sir William Bruce.
Author : Ian Bradley
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788855086
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The Coffin Roads written by Ian Bradley and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a marked feature of the landscape of the Scottish Highlands and islands – many are now popular walking and cycling routes. This book journeys along eight coffin roads to discover and explore the distinctive traditions, beliefs and practices around dying, death and mourning in the communities which created and used them. The result is a fascinating snapshot into place and culture. After more than a century when death was very much a taboo subject, this book argues that aspects of the distinctive West Highland and Hebridean way of death and approach to dying and mourning may have something helpful and important to offer to us today. Routes covered in this book are: The Kilmartin Valley – the archetypal coffin road in this ritual landscape of the dead. The Street of the Dead on Iona – perhaps the best known coffin road in Scotland. Kilearnadil Graveyard, Jura – a perfect example of a Hebridean graveyard. The coffin road through Morvern to Keil Church, Lochaline - among the best defined and most evocative coffin roads today. The Green Isle, Loch Shiel, Ardnamurchan - the oldest continuously used burial place anywhere in Europe. The coffin road on Eigg – with its distinctive 'piper's cairn' where the coffin of Donald MacQuarrie, the 'Great Piper of Eigg', was rested. The coffin road from Traigh Losgaintir to Loch Stocinis on Harris - popular with walkers and taken as the title for a best-selling thriller by Peter May. The coffin road on Barra – A detailed study of burial practices on Barra in the early 1950s provides a fascinating record of Hebridean attitudes to dying, death and mourning.
Author : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland written by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes List of members.
Author : Andrew Fleming
Publisher : Windgather Press
ISBN 13 : 1911188038
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (111 download)
Download or read book St Kilda and the Wider World written by Andrew Fleming and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda. Home to human populations for more than 4000 years, the islands inhabitants were evacuated from the main island in 1930 leaving it as a haven for wildlife, a tourist destination and workplace for those studying and monitoring the islands ecology and its radar station built in the 1950s. Many of those writing about St Kilda have emphasised the remoteness and insularity of its environment, describing its population as having endured a wretched and isolated existence marooned on an archipelago miles from civilisation. In this book Andrew Fleming challenges such interpretations. His history of the islands reviews the archaeological evidence for the first inhabitants before 2000 BC, how they lived and survived, and how they became integrated into the wider world. Much of the book focuses on more recent times where documentary sources relay in great detail the lives of St Kildans over the past few centuries; how they farmed, administered justice, took on communal responsibilities, their religious, and other, beliefs, the impact of visitors to the islands, and how events outside of the islands had an impact on their lives. Described as a historical drama, this is an excellent story of a remote island community which has been mythologised by many commentators. Superb photographs do much of the work of description.
Author : Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
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Total Pages : 152 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Books in General Literature in the Library of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow written by Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Playfair
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Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Geographical and Statistical Description of Scotland written by James Playfair and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Society of Solicitors before the Supreme Courts of Scotland. Library
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Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland written by Society of Solicitors before the Supreme Courts of Scotland. Library and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
