The Making of the Scottish Countryside

ISBN-13: 9781032011844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 342 str.

M. L. Parry; T. R. Slater

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

M. L. Parry and T. R. Slater