Book Launch: The History of Working-Class Courtship, Marriage and Divorce in Scotland, 1855-1939

By Eleanor Gordon, Jeff Meek and Katie Barclay

Thursday 7^th May, 2026, 4 pm

Eleanor Gordon will be in conversation with Selina Todd and Fiona Skillen

ALL WELCOME

The Deepend Bar and Bistro at The Western Baths Club, 12 Cranworth Street, Glasgow G12 8BZ

Overview

The first book-length study of the history of working-class courtship, marriage, and divorce in Scotland
Focuses on the working class across rural and urban locations, different occupational profiles, and different ethnicities
Deploys a mixed-method approach that explores the relationship between discursive shifts and lived experience whilst incorporating the insights of the history of emotions

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