The geography of literacy in Aberdeenshire in the early eighteenth century

Auteurs :
HOUSTON, R. A.
TYSON, R. E.

Description :
Analysis of the signing ability of weavers shows that their literacy was inferior to that of a national sample of weavers and provides further evidence that Scotland was not an exceptionally literate country at this time. The article also offers material on rural domestic industry and on the social structure of the area.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of historical geography, issn : 0305-7488, 1991, vol. 17, n°. 2, p. 135-145, Références bibliographiques : en notes

Date :
1991

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London ; New York, NY ; San Francisco, CA, Academic Press