{"product_id":"scottish-literacy-and-the-scottish-identity-illiteracy-and-society-in-scotland-and-northern-england-1600-1800-paperback-9780521890885","title":"Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity; Illiteracy and Society in Scotland and Northern England, 1600–1800 (Paperback) 9780521890885","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIlliteracy and Society in Scotland and Northern England, 1600–1800\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book tests the belief that Scotland had the most literate population in the early modern world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. A. Houston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521890885, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.547 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScottish education and literacy have achieved a legendary status. A campaign promoted by church and state between 1560 and 1696 is said to have produced the most literate population in the early modern world. This book sets out to test this belief by comparing the ability to read and write in Scotland with northern England in particular and with Europe and North America in general. It combines extensive statistical analysis with qualitative and theoretical discussion to produce an important argument about the significance of literacy and education for the individual and society of relevance not just to the Scottish experience but to a far broader social and geographical area.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTables\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The ideal of Scottish literacy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Structures and trends in illiteracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\u003cbr\u003e 3. Illiteracy in mid seventeenth-century Britain\u003cbr\u003e 4. The reasons for literacy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Measures of literacy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oral culture and literate culture\u003cbr\u003e 7. The politics of literacy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Literacy and the Scottish identity\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913117950232,"sku":"9780521890885","price":41.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521890885i_4a72d34b-b4ab-4da1-9bc8-c778e8bee04b.jpg?v=1691358936","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/scottish-literacy-and-the-scottish-identity-illiteracy-and-society-in-scotland-and-northern-england-1600-1800-paperback-9780521890885","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}