From chiefs to landlords : social and economic change in the Western Highlands and Islands, c1493-1820 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dodgshon, R. A. (Robert A.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
Land tenure > Scotland > Highlands > History.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Economic history.
Land tenure.
Social conditions
Sociaal-economische geschiedenis.
Highlands (Scotland) > History.
Highlands (Scotland) > Social conditions.
Highlands (Scotland) > Economic conditions.
Scotland > Highlands.
Schotse Hooglanden.
Countryside Management
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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