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In the first major engagement with Aberdeenshireâs rural society since Carterâs The Poor Manâs Country of 1979, Riddellâs study of Northeast Scotland encourages readers to consider the vast potential held by Digital Genealogy for second-wave Digital Humanities.

Often overlooked in contemporary historical scholarship, this study carves out a place for Digital Genealogy in academia. Riddell constructs a new lens to examine rural society in the nineteenth century, through which he extends and challenges Carterâs analysis. In recovering a breadth of people and their social networks through prosopographical data, the book reveals the agency of individuals who left minimal records. Riddell not only puts forward a fresh perspective on the social structures of Scotlandâs north-eastern society but informs a discussion on the nature of Britishness both within concepts of a developed western civilisation and beyond them.

This book will interest a broad readership; Scottish history enthusiasts, pursuers of Digital Genealogy and, scholars and students of the Digital Humanities will all find value in this study.

Digital Genealogy as SecondWave Digital Humanities

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10 July 2025
      ISBN-13 9780367560393
      978-0367560393
      ISBN-10 0367560399
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      History: theory and methods

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In the first major engagement with Aberdeenshireâs rural society since Carterâs The Poor Manâs Country of 1979, Riddellâs study of Northeast Scotland encourages readers to consider the vast potential held by Digital Genealogy for second-wave Digital Humanities.

      Often overlooked in contemporary historical scholarship, this study carves out a place for Digital Genealogy in academia. Riddell constructs a new lens to examine rural society in the nineteenth century, through which he extends and challenges Carterâs analysis. In recovering a breadth of people and their social networks through prosopographical data, the book reveals the agency of individuals who left minimal records. Riddell not only puts forward a fresh perspective on the social structures of Scotlandâs north-eastern society but informs a discussion on the nature of Britishness both within concepts of a developed western civilisation and beyond them.

      This book will interest a broad readership; Scottish history enthusiasts, pursuers of Digital Genealogy and, scholars and students of the Digital Humanities will all find value in this study.

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