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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825801003321

Autore

Scott Allen J.

Titolo

Solway country : land, life and livelihood in the Western border region of England and Scotland / / by Allen J. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8902-4

1-4438-7140-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

330.9411

Soggetti

Scotland Economic conditions

England Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- CHAPTER NINE -- CHAPTER TEN -- CHAPTER ELEVEN -- CHAPTER TWELVE -- GAZETTEER OF PLACES MENTIONEDIN THE TEXT TOGETHER WITH ORDNANCESURVEY GRID REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

The Solway Country-the lands surrounding the inner Solway Firth-constitutes one of the many small regional worlds of the British Isles that are remarkable for the ways in which their landscapes evoke a powerful sense of territorial identity rooted not only in their physical appeal, but also in the richness and distinctiveness of their human history and geography. The Solway Country is an archetypical but hitherto little known exemplar of places like these. This book captures the spirit and s.