The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920 : aristocratic decline, estate management and land reform /

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tindley, Annie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Scottish historical review monographs series ; 18.
Temas:
Sutherland family.
Sutherland family
1800-1999
Administration of estates > Scotland > Sutherland > History > 20th century.
Land use, Rural > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Aristocracy (Social class) > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Administration successorale > Écosse > Sutherland > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Utilisation agricole du sol > Écosse > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Administration of estates
Aristocracy (Social class)
Land use, Rural
Rural conditions
Sutherland (Scotland) > History > 19th century.
Sutherland (Scotland) > Rural conditions.
Scotland
Scotland > Sutherland
History
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  • 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.

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