The eighteenth century looms large in the Scottish imagination. It
is a century that saw the doubling of the population, rapid
urbanisation, industrial growth, the political Union of 1707, the
Jacobite Rebellions and the Enlightenment - events that were
intrinsic to the creation of the modern nation and to putting
Scotland on the international map. The impact of the era on modern
Scotland can be seen in the numerous buildings named after the
luminaries of the period - Adam Smith, David Hume, William
Robertson - the endorsement of Robert Burns as the national
poet/hero, the preservation of the Culloden battlefield as a
tourist attraction, and the physical geographies of its major
towns. Yet, while it is a century that remains central to modern
constructions of national identity, it is a period associated with
men. Until recently, the history of women in eighteenth-century
Scotland, with perhaps the honourable exception of Flora McDonald,
remained unwritten. Over the last decade however, research on women
and gender in Scotland has flourished and we have an increasingly
full picture of women's lives at all social levels across the
century. As a result, this is an appropriate moment to reflect on
what we know about Scottish women during the eighteenth century, to
ask how their history affects the traditional narratives of the
period, and to reflect on the implications for a national history
of Scotland and Scottish identity. Divided into three sections,
covering women's intimate, intellectual and public lives, this
interdisciplinary volume offers articles on women's work, criminal
activity, clothing, family, education, writing, travel and more.
Applying tools from history, art anthropology, cultural studies,
and English literature, it draws on a wide-range of sources, from
the written to the visual, to highlight the diversity of women's
experiences and to challenge current male-centric historiographies.
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