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  • Chapter 2 - Social Standing and Its Impact on Careers

  • from Part I - Social Status and Senatorial Success
  • Richard Duncan-Jones, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
  • Book:
    Power and Privilege in Roman Society
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    05 August 2016
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    24 August 2016, pp 8-21
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  • Chapter 1 - Introduction

  • from Part I - Social Status and Senatorial Success
  • Richard Duncan-Jones, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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    Power and Privilege in Roman Society
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    05 August 2016
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    24 August 2016, pp 3-7
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Northern Neighbours
  • Scotland and Norway since 1800
  • Edited by John Bryden, Lesley Riddoch, Ottar Brox
  • Published by:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    05 August 2016
    Print publication:
    23 March 2015
  • How did the development of two small countries at the north of Europe, whose histories were joined from about the year 795 AD - including a 300-year alliance - nevertheless diverge sharply in the modern era? This edited collection of essays covers various elements of this analysis including land ownership, politics, agriculture, industry, money and banking, local government, education, religion, access and the outdoor life, as well as several more synthetic chapters. Written as it is by historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers, the book moves beyond historical narrative, and outlines elements of a theory of divergent development between Norway and Scotland over the long term, and so towards a novel history which will be of interest to a wider audience. Key Features: * Focus on key periods of intensive relationships between Scotland and Norway *New analysis of the differences between the two countries after the medieval period *Clear information and analysis of how Norway changed after independence from Denmark *Policy ideas on 'independence' issues such as natural resources and land rights *Exclusive essays from established and new scholars

The Third Duke of Buccleuch and Adam Smith
  • Estate Management and Improvement in Enlightenment Scotland
  • Brian Bonnyman
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    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    05 August 2016
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    16 July 2014
  • Examines the career of Henry Scott, third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812), with particular focus on his relationship with his tutor and friend, the philosopher Adam Smith. Henry Scott, the third Duke of Buccleuch (1746-1812), presided over the management of one of the largest landed estates in Britain during a time of dramatic agrarian, social and political change. Tutored and advised by the philosopher Adam Smith, the Duke was also an important patron of the Scottish Enlightenment, lauded by the Edinburgh literati the as an exemplar of patriotic nobility and civic virtue, while his alliance with Henry Dundas dominated Scottish politics for almost forty years. Combining the approaches of intellectual, economic and landscape history, this book examines the life and career of the third Duke, focusing in particular on his relationship with Adam Smith and the improvement of his extensive Scottish estates. By examining the influence of one of the eighteenth century's foremost philosophers of improvement upon the career of one Scotland's largest landowners, this book explores the various influences - intellectual, economic, moral and political - which helped shape Scotland's distinctive agricultural revolution. In its exploration of the cultural as well as the economic roots of improvement and in its assessment of previously unappreciated aspect of Adam Smith's career, this book will appeal to both specialist scholars and general readers interested in the Scottish Enlightenment, estate management and the culture of improvement in eighteenth-century Scotland.

Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland
  • Commemoration, Nationality, and Memory
  • James Coleman
  • Published by:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    05 August 2016
    Print publication:
    16 July 2014
  • At a time when the Union between Scotland and England is once again under the spotlight, Remembering the Past in Nineteenth-Century Scotland examines the way in which Scotland's national heroes were once remembered as champions of both Scottish and British patriotism. Whereas 19th-century Scotland is popularly depicted as a mire of sentimental Jacobitism and kow-towing unionism, this book shows how Scotland's national heroes were once the embodiment of a consistent, expressive and robust view of Scottish nationality. Whether celebrating the legacy of William Wallace and Robert Bruce, the reformer John Knox, the Covenanters, 19th-century Scots rooted their national heroes in a Presbyterian and unionist view of Scotland's past. Examined through the prism of commemoration, this book uncovers collective memories of Scotland's past entirely opposed to 21st-century assumptions of medieval proto-nationalism and Calvinist misery. Key Features * Detailed studies of 19th-century commemoration of Scotland's national heroes * Uncovers an all but forgotten interpretation of these 'great Scots' * Shines a new light on the mindset of nineteenth-century Scottish national identity as being comfortably Scottish and British * Overturns the prevailing view of Victorian Scottishness as parochial, sentimental tartanry

Medieval Chivalry
  • Richard W. Kaeuper
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    05 August 2016
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    19 May 2016
  • Emerging in the medieval period, chivalry embodied ideals that elite warriors cherished and practices that formed their profession. In this major new overview, Richard Kaeuper examines how chivalry made sense of violence and war, making it tolerable for elite fighters rather than non-knightly or sub-knightly populations. He discusses how chivalry buttressed status and profession, shaped active piety, and fostered intense warrior attachments and heterosexual relationships. Though showing regional and chronological variations, chivalry at its core enshrined the practice of prowess in securing honor, with this process significantly blessed by religion. Both kingship and church authority sought to direct the great force of chivalry and, despite tensions, finally came to terms with rising knightly status and a burgeoning military role. Kaeuper engages with a wide range of evidence in his analysis, drawing on the chivalric literature, manuscript illumination, and sermon exempla and moral tales.

Power and Privilege in Roman Society
  • Richard Duncan-Jones
  • Published online:
    05 August 2016
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    24 August 2016
  • How far were appointments in the Roman Empire based on merit? Did experience matter? What difference did social rank make? This innovative study of the Principate examines the career outcomes of senators and knights by social category. Contrasting patterns emerge from a new database of senatorial careers. Although the highest appointments could reflect experience, a clear preference for the more aristocratic senators is also seen. Bias is visible even in the major army commands and in the most senior civilian posts nominally filled by ballot. In equestrian appointments, successes by the less experienced again suggest the power of social advantage. Senatorial recruitment gradually opened up to include many provincials but Italians still kept their hold on the higher social groupings. The book also considers the senatorial career more widely, while a final section examines slave careers and the phenomenon of voluntary slavery.

Dundee and the Empire
  • 'Juteopolis' 1850-1939
  • Jim Tomlinson
  • Published by:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    05 August 2016
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    16 June 2014
  • How did the people of Dundee respond to the challenges of being the most economically globalized city in the world in the years before the First World War? The answer to this question is complicated by the fact that the aspect of globalization which impacted most directly on the ordinary inhabitants of Dundee was competition in the jute industry from Calcutta, a city within the British Empire of the early 20th century. Dundee had to cope not only with powerful low-wage competition in its staple industry, but the political reality that for decision-makers in London the fate of the British Empire in India was far more important than the economic well-being of a small Scottish city. The history of Dundee's response to these challenges combines global economic history with analysis of imperial relations, including how these issues were understood by ordinary Dundonians, as well as by politicians and policy-makers. Key features * New 'global' history of the Scottish city of Dundee's industrial era *Combines economic, political and social history *Explores the significance of empire for British policy *Shows how the challenges historically posed by globalization can best be analyzed

  • Moralizing Postcolonial Consumer Society: Fair Trade in the Netherlands, 1964–1997*

  • Peter van Dam
  • Journal:
    International Review of Social History / Volume 61 / Issue 2 / August 2016
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    29 July 2016, pp. 223-250
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  • Decolonization challenged people across the globe to define their place in a new postcolonial order. This challenge was felt in international political and economic affairs, but it also affected daily lives across the globe. The history of fair trade activism as seen from the Netherlands highlights how citizens in the North grappled to position themselves in a postcolonial consumer society. Interventions by fair trade activists connected debates about the morals of their society to the consequences of decolonization. They reacted to the imbalances of the global market in the wake of decolonization, joining critics from the South in demanding more equitable global relations. It was around this issue of “fair trade” that a transnational coalition of moderate and more radical activists emerged after the 1960s. This coalition held widely dissimilar views regarding the politics of the left and the use of consumer activism. The analysis of their interventions demonstrates that during the postwar era attempts at transforming the global market were inextricably interwoven with visions of a postcolonial order.

  • ISH volume 61 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

  • Journal:
    International Review of Social History / Volume 61 / Issue 2 / August 2016
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    29 July 2016, pp. f1-f4
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