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Ford--a village in the west highlands of Scotland : a case study of repopulation and social change in a small community /

The Highlands of Scotland, like the southern Appalachians of the United States, have long been a problem area in Great Britain, troubled with a fading economy and loss of population. Most books about the region, however, are popular volumes that romanticize a bygone way of life. This study of Ford,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stephenson, John B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Preface; Dedication; 1 Introduction; Footnotes; 2 The Setting: Ford and the Mid-Argyll District; Footnotes; 3 The Historical Setting; Early History; Poltalloch; Ederline; Auchinellan; The Village of Ford; Footnotes; 4 Ford Today: the Structures of Social Life; Introduction; Family and Kinship; Class and Other Divisions; The Church; Other Formal Organizations; Ties to Larger Structures; Footnotes; 5 Ford Today: Depopulation and Repopulation; Footnotes; 6 Ford Tomorrow: Survival, Continuity, and Change.
  • Winds of ChangeFootnotes; Appendix; Appendix Table 1; Appendix Table 2; Appendix Table 3; Appendix Table 4; Appendix Table 5; Appendix Table 6.