Illegitimacy, Sex, and Society: Northeast Scotland, 1750-1900

by Andrew Blaikie

Illegitimacy, Sex and Society is an original and compelling study of illegitimacy in relation to Scottish social and religious life and social structure from 1750 to 1900. Andrew Blaikie uses previously unstudied material to produce an interdisciplinary critique and alternative account showing that bastardy was much more acceptable in a Calvinist society than has generally been thought. He outlines the debate and reviews the relevant literature and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198286805
• ISBN13: 9780198286806
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"