'Store their Minds with Much Valuable Knowledge': Agricultural Improvement at the Selkirk Subscription Library, 1799-1814
'Store their Minds with Much Valuable Knowledge': Agricultural Improvement at the Selkirk Subscription Library, 1799-1814
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“用许多有价值的知识储存他们的思想”：塞尔柯克订阅图书馆的农业改进，1799-1814 年
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10.1111/1754-0208.12349
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发表时间：
2015
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0.4
通讯作者：
Towsey M
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作者：
Towsey M
本文探讨了在苏格兰边境的农业改进的接收，认为有用的书籍和提高社会化是相辅相成的塞尔柯克订阅图书馆。农业书籍被农民、牧师、律师和医务人员借阅，他们合作建立了当地的辩论社团，并赞助改进文学的生产。他们对农业改良的承诺被证明是塞尔柯克流传的几种改良文化之一，有些致力于道德改良和培养年轻人的礼貌，有些则赞助当地作家、当地历史和当地传统。
This article investigates the reception of agricultural improvement in the Scottish Borders, arguing that useful books and improving socialisation were mutually reinforcing in the Selkirk Subscription Library. Agricultural books were borrowed by farmers, clergymen, lawyers and medical men, who collaborated to found local debating societies and sponsor the production of improving literature. Their commitment to agricultural improvement is shown to have been one of several cultures of improvement in circulation at Selkirk, some dedicated to practical works of moral improvement and the cultivation of politeness in young minds, some to the patronage of local writers, local history and local traditions.