New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ewan, Elizabeth; Reynolds, Sian; Rendall, Jane; Pipes, Rose

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women is a fully revised and extended edition of a highly regarded reference work that illuminates the lives of Scottish women in history. It includes more than 180 additional entries on women who died before 2018, forty new photographs, and an extended thematic index. With fascinating lives on every page, the concise entries illustrate the lives of Scottish women from the distant past to our own times, as well as the worldwide Scottish diaspora. Written by experts, the book provides a striking narrative of how women's actions and influence have always helped to shape Scotland's identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474436304
• Artikelnr.: 55392966

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Ewan is a Professor of Scottish Studies and History at the University of Guelph. Rose Pipes is a former commissioning editor with Oliver & Boyd publishers, Edinburgh, and now an independent researcher. Her own publications include The Colonies of Stockbridge and Stockbridge in Living Memory. She is also co-editor of The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women and The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (EUP, 2006/2018). She has published several articles on Chrystal Macmillan as well as contributing to the Legal Landmarks project. Jane Rendall is an Honorary Fellow at the University of York. Siân Reynolds is a former Professor at the University of Stirling.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements for The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2006)
Acknowledgements for The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
(2018)
Advisers
Contributors
Abbreviations
Readers' Guide
List of new entries
List of co-subjects
Preface
Introduction to The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
Thematic Index