Scottish Voices 1745–1960: An Anthology - Softcover

Smout, T. C.; Wood, Sydney

9780006862161: Scottish Voices 1745–1960: An Anthology

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006862160 ISBN 13: 9780006862161

Publisher: Fontana Press, 1991

This book tells the story of changing times, by Scottish men and women, in their own words. Certain selected themes – work, love, celebration & religion – illustrate the history of ordinary people doing everyday things.

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Synopsis:

Looking at some of the aspects of the social history of Scotland from 1745 to 1960, this book uses such themes as work, love, celebration, religion, sickness, shopping and travel, to illustrate the history of ordinary people doing everyday things. Subjects and incidents cited include William Cobbett visiting a peasant bothy outside Edinburgh in 1832, a first-hand account of the Glasgow tenements between the wars, middle-class affluence in early 19th century Edinburgh and life both above and below stairs in the grand houses of the gentry in the 1950s. There is reportage from the Clearances set beside the letters and diary entries of the first recreational explorers of the Highlands - the sportsmen and tourists.

About the Author:

Professor T. C. Smout was educated at Leys School and at Clare College, Cambridge. He was appointed to a Personal Chair in Economic History, University of Edinburgh, in 1971, and took up his present position as Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews in 1980.

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