| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 190 pages) |
| Series |
Scottish historical review monographs series ; 18 |
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Scottish historical review monographs series ; 18
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One 'The condition of its peasantry is wonderfully higher in every respect': The Sutherland Estate, 1850-701; Chapter Two 'A failure in every sense of the word': The Sutherland Reclamations, 1869-93; Chapter Three 'Agitation amounting to legalised coercion': The Sutherland Estate 1880-61; Chapter Four 'Gladstone has much to answer for': The Sutherland Estate, 1886-961; Chapter Five 'Unstained were the diadems Cromarty wore': The Sutherland Estate, 1897-19201 |
| Summary |
From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of World War I, the Sutherland Estate was the largest landed estate in western Europe; at 1.1 million acres, the ducal family owned almost the entire county of Sutherland as well as a further 30,000 acres in England. The estate was owned by the dukes of Sutherland, who were among the richest patrician landowners of the period; from the early nineteenth century, however, the family were shadowed by their reputation as great clearance landlords, something that would come back to haunt them throughout the coming decades. This book:studies the workings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sutherland family.
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Administration of estates -- Scotland -- Sutherland -- History -- 20th century.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
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Land use, Rural -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century.
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Sutherland (Scotland) -- History -- 19th century.
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Sutherland (Scotland) -- Rural conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0748642676 (electronic bk.) |
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9780748642670 (electronic bk.) |
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(hbk.) |
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(hbk.) |
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