Scottish Life and Society Volume 11
Education
Edited by Alexander Fenton
£25.00
66 in stock
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ISBN: 9781862321861
Published: 01 Dec 2000
Format: Hardback
Extent: 500
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Imprint:
John Donald
About the Book
This project of the European Ethnological Research Centre is planned in 13 volumes. Their overall aim is to examine the interlocking strands of history, language and traditional culture, in their international setting, that go into the making of a national identity. Other volumes cover Scottish ethnology; farming and landscape; Scotland's buildings; boats and fishing; coast and sea; the food and the Scots; hearth and home: the culture of the dwelling house; crafts, trades and professions; transport and communications; the individual and community life in Scotland; oral literature and performance culture; institutions of Scotland: religious expression; and institutions of Scotland: the law.The Author
Alexander Fenton
Alexander Fenton is a consultant for the European Ethnological Research Center, a former senior assistant editor of the Scottish National Dictionary, and a former director of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland.Related
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