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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154989203321

Autore

Turnock David

Titolo

The making of the Scottish rural landscape / / David Turnock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-88612-6

1-315-23846-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, tables, photographs

Disciplina

911/.411

Soggetti

Country life - Scotland - History

Landscapes - Scotland - History

Land use - Scotland - History

Scotland Historical geography

Scotland Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1995 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The physical environment -- 3. Scotland prior to the Iron Age -- 4. Iron Age forts and brochs -- 5. The Dark Ages : Picts, Scots and Vikings -- 6. Medieval Scotland -- 7. The improving movement -- 8. Conclusion.