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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Scottish culture"”.
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Enlightened Agricultural Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
… is marked by the impact of new ideas from the Scottish Enlightenment that influenced agricultural revolution. Practices that had been used for over hundreds of years with little change, went through a dramatic agricultural reimagining during this time period. Scottish Enlightenment “improvers,” …
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Song Cultures and National Identities in Eighteenth-Century Britain, c.1707-c.1800
This thesis focuses upon song cultures to provide a fresh perspective on English and Scottish national identities in the eighteenth century. Across five chapters it tracks and describes the reproduction and reinterpretation of various forms of ‘Englishness’ and ‘Scottishness’ through songs and …
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The experience of discipline in parish communities in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1638 - 1651
… of ordinary individuals in transforming Scottish culture and society during a period of significant upheaval.
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Civic Culture: Scotland's Struggle for its Political Interests
… With strong historical traditions and a powerful Scottish National Party, Scotland would appear to be a prime candidate for such movements. However, this thesis argues that Scotland represents a nation with a unique civic culture. This thesis seeks to determine which elements of Scottish political …
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History, ethnography, and the nation: the films of Scotland documentaries
… and sixty eight documentaries on Scotland and Scottish life; the thesis is an archaeology of those documentaries. The thesis breaks from a film theory discourse that has marginalised documentary to argue that the genre should be understood as a cultural technology, an exhibitionary apparatus …
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Scottish style: the construction of Scottish identity amongst fashion and style influencers on Instagram.
Research into Scottish fashion is a developing field; existing studies have tended to focus on the production of iconic textiles such as tartan, tweed and cashmere. The aim of this thesis was to explore the construction of national identity and place amongst style influencers who position …