Elite Women and Polite Society in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time.

List of contents

Preface
Elite Women and Eighteenth-Century Scottish Society
Education and Upbringing
Reading and Print Culture
Polite Sociability: Space and Social Practices
Politics and Influence
Travel, Tourism and Place
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Biographical Backgrounds
Bibliography

About the author

Katharine Glover

Summary

Women are shown to have played an important and very visible role in society at the time.

Product details

• Authors: Katharine Glover
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9781843836810
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-681-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 236 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 546 g
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History; St Andrews Studies in Scottish History; St Andrews Studies in Scottish
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories