| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
List of figures and tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Western Highlands and islands in context, c. 1493-1820 -- 2. Chiefs, kinsmen and territories -- 3. The nature of the chiefly economy -- 4. Patterns of chiefly display and behavior -- 5. The transformation of chiefs into landlords -- 6. The farming township and the institutional basis of farming -- 7. The township economy -- 8. The farming township: Its strategies and constraints -- 9. The Western Highlands and islands on the eve of the clearances -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"This new approach to Highland history before the Clearances draws attention to little-studied yet important economic and social processes within the Highland clan system. Robert A. Dodgshon argues for an integrated approach which considers the problems of traditional Highland society, economy and environment together." "Exploring how the different aspects of the clan system - chiefs and kinsmen, landlords and tenants, farming systems, production strategies and marketing - changed over the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, it shows how the character and ideology of clans and chiefdoms are inextricably part of the twin problems of socio-political control and food production."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Countryside Management |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Economic history
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Land tenure
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Social conditions
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Sociaal-economische geschiedenis.
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Highlands (Scotland) -- History
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Highlands (Scotland) -- Social conditions
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Highlands (Scotland) -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Scotland -- Highlands
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Schotse Hooglanden.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585159246 |
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9780585159249 |
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9781474467780 |
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1474467784 |
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0748673105 |
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9780748673100 |
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