The Making of the Scottish Countryside

Herausgeber: Parry, M. L.; Slater, T. R.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1980, this book examines the evolution of the Scottish landscape from pre-historic times to the mid-nineteenth century. It considers the way in which the structural base of agriculture and the changing farming 'system' came to alter the Scottish rural landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9781032011844
• ISBN-10: 103201184X
• Artikelnr.: 75426464

Autorenporträt

M. L. Parry and T. R. Slater

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Early Countryside 1. Prehistoric Activity and its Effect on the
Scottish Landscape 2. Medieval Settlement and Colonisation 3. The Origins
of Traditional Field Systems 4. The Traditional Pastoral Economy A. Fenton
Part 2: Accelerated Change 5. The Emergence of the New Estate Structure 6.
The Pattern of Landholding in Eighteenth-Century Scotland 7. The Agents of
Agricultural Change 8. Changes in the Ext of Improved Farmland Part 3: The
Reshaped Countryside 9. The Reshaped Agricultural Landscape 10. The Mansion
and Policy 11. The Planned Villages 12. The Commercial Use of Woodland and
Coppice Management 13. The New Rural Industries: Water Power and Textiles