Farm life in Northeast Scotland 1840-1914 : the poor man's country
Carter, Ian200708UU
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This study shows how the Protestant reformers' early promises to create a new and godly society provoked a backlash - extremism had to be abandoned and a more conciliatory approach adopted. The result was that power remained in much the same hands in the 1580s as it had in the 1540s, with one real difference - there was more of it.Review: REVIEW QUOTES 'A splendid blow for realism in Scottish history and understanding of the northeast cultural tradition.' - Cuthbert Graham, Aberdeen Press and Journal 'Occasionally, from among the mass of tourist-oriented kitsch and self-serving scholasticism which passes for serious writing about Scotland and the Scots, there emerges a book of genuine worth - a book which adds to our knowledge of this nation and sharpens our understanding of its past and present. Farm Life in Northeast Scotland is such a book.' - James Hunter, Aberdeen University Review 'This excellent, scholarly, eminently readable book deals with one of the most interesting agrarian societies in the United Kingdom.' - T.C. Smout, Social History 'Singlehanded, he has established an altogether new perspective from which to view the agrarian history of the northeast of Scotland ... The northeast has found, at last, a contemporary social historian worthy of its traditions.' - T.J. Byres, Journal of Peasant Studies.
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Edinburgh : John Donald Publishers Ltd : [distributor] BookSource : [distributor] University and Reference Publishers' Services (UNIREPS) : [distributor] Interlink Publishing, 2007.
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274 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23x16 cm.
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Paperback.
ISBN:
9781904607069 (pbk)1904607063 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.2081
Language:
English
Subject:
Agriculture -- History -- Scotland -- GrampianFarm life -- History -- Scotland -- GrampianPeasantry -- History -- Scotland -- GrampianBritish & Irish history -- Northern Scotland, Highlands & IslandsSocial & cultural history -- Northern Scotland, Highlands & IslandsAgriculture & farming -- Northern Scotland, Highlands & IslandsGrampian (Scotland) -- Rural conditions -- 19th centuryGrampian (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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3728196
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