Association and Enlightenment: Scottish Clubs and Societies, 1700-1830 (Studies in Eighteenth-Century Scotland) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1684482674 ISBN 13: 9781684482672

Publisher: Bucknell University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied: they could be convivial, sporting, or scholarly, or they could be a significant and dynamic social force, committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to sociability. The essays in this volume examine the complex history of clubs and societies in Scotland from 1700 to 1830. Contributors address attitudes toward associations, their meeting places and rituals, their links with the growth of the professions and with literary culture, and the ways in which they were structured by both class and gender. By widening the context in which clubs and societies are set, the collection offers a new framework for understanding them, bringing together the inheritance of the Scottish past, the unique and cohesive polite culture of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the broader context of associational patterns common to Britain, Ireland, and beyond.

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About the Author

MARK WALLACE is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 

JANE RENDALL is an honorary fellow of the History Department and the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York (UK). 

Edition details

• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1684482674
• ISBN 13: 9781684482672
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284
• Editor: Wallace Mark C., Rendall Jane