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On his death, he bequeathed his historical papers to the British Museum, but the journal of his northern tour, undertaken when he was in his mid-20s, became detached from the bulk of the collection and was subsequently purchased by the National Library of Scotland. On his way north, he also travelled through Northern England and made a brief detour to Ireland. Burrell was a meticulous recorder whose interests included antiquities, fine art and contemporary architecture, as well as agriculture, trade and industry. 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Topics which are well represented include: the ideology of \"respectability\", including self-help, thrift and charity; religion, work and workplace relations; injuries and illness; class and working-class consciousness; gender relations; leisure habits and popular culture; family; urban-rural links; and courtship. Complementing the diary is a set of Sturrock's financial accounts. For one year (1865), he recorded virtually every single item of his expenditure, thus providing readers with a wealth of raw information on his spending patterns, which can be related to his income. Useful, too, is the picture given of the rapidly-growing textile town of Dundee. Another side of \"Juteopolis\" is revealed - the world of the male artisan. No other working-class diary for this period in Dundee's history has so far been found. In it, Sturrock records much of what was happening in Dundee during the boom which accompanied the American Civil War. 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The cash-book presented here is a record of the daily work of a small Glenesk farm of this period, providing a fascinating insight into country life in the later years of the 19th century. General readers can compare these days with their own, and the details provided will prove invaluable to economists, agricultural historians, ethnologists and rural sociologists.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50454474719505,"sku":"GOR006892737","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50455903699217,"sku":"GOR009641301","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1898410097.jpg?v=1750963500"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/sources-in-local-history-s-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}