Author: JAMES SIMSONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
CHILDHOOD AT INVERKEITHING OR LIFE AT A LAZARETTO
Author: JAMES SIMSONPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Reminiscences of childhood at Inverkeithing, or Life at a lazaretto
Author: James SimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inverkeithing (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Maritime Quarantine
Author: John BookerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351919849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
As a maritime trading nation, the issue of quarantine was one of constant concern to Britain. Whilst naturally keen to promote international trade, there was a constant fear of importing potentially devastating diseases into British territories. In this groundbreaking study, John Booker examines the methods by which British authorities sought to keep their territories free from contagious diseases, and the reactions to, and practical consequences of, these policies. Drawing upon a wealth of documentary sources, Dr Booker paints a vivid picture of this controversial episode of British political and mercantile history, concluding that quarantine was a peculiarly British disaster, doomed to inefficiency by the royal prerogative and concerns for trade and individual liberty. Whilst it may not have fatally hindered the economic development of Britain, it certainly irritated the City and the mercantile elites and remained a source of constant political friction for many years. As such, an understanding of British maritime quarantine provides a fuller picture of attitudes to trade, culture, politics and medicine in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
A Bibliography of Works Relating to Dunfermline and the West of Fife
Author: Erskine BeveridgePublisher:
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Category : Dunfermline (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society: A bibliography of works relating to Dunfermline and the west of Fife, by Erskine Beveridge. 1901
Author: Edinburgh Bibliographical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Scottish Customs
Author: Margaret BennettPublisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857905449
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A highly readable and absorbing anthology of traditional Scottish customs and rites of passage, Scottish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave draws upon a broad range of literary and oral sources. Scotland has been fortunate to have written accounts of intrepid early travellers such as Martin Martin, Edward Burt and John Lane Buchanan, and extracts from their writing are found alongside modern interviews made by Margaret Bennett and researchers from the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University. This expanded edition includes a large amount of new material. The result is a detailed and comprehensive picture of social behaviour in Scotland over the last 400 years. The book is divided into three sections, each covering a stage in the cycle of life: Childbirth and infancy; Love, courtship and marriage; Death The first edition was originally published by Polygon and was joint runner-up of the 1993 Katharine Briggs Folklore Award.
The English Catalogue of Books ...
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Civilized Gipsies
Author: James SimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Romanies
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Discussions on the Gipsies, John Bunyan and Mrs. Carlyle, and Many Others Related To, Or Connected With, the Gipsies, But Boycotted in Europe, from a Feeling of Caste, in 1882-1890
Author: James SimsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Romanies
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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