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Autore: |
Cullen Karen J
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Titolo: |
Famine in Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : the 'ill years' of the 1690s / / Karen J. Cullen
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Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.80941109032 |
Soggetto topico: | Famines - Scotland - History - 17th century |
Famines - Social aspects - Scotland - History - 17th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | Scotland History 17th century |
Scotland Social conditions 17th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-213) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Scotland's Seven Ill Years: Contexts and Debates; Chapter Two Climate, Weather and Agriculture: The Making of a Famine; Chapter Three There Arose a Dearth - The Grain Market in Crisis; Chapter Four Providing for the Destitute; Chapter Five Famine: The Demographic Disaster; Chapter Six Fleeing the Famine: Migration and Emigration; Conclusion; Appendix: Poor Assessment; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland, the nature and extent of the crisis which ensued, and what the impact of the famine was upon the population in demographic, economic and social terms. Current published knowledge about the causes, extent, and impact of the famine in Scotland is limited and many conclusions have been speculative in the absence of extensive research. Despite the critical importance of this crisis, one of the four disasters of the 1690's, which are widely acknowledged to have contributed to the economic arguments |
Titolo autorizzato: | Famine in Scotland ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-7486-5350-3 |
1-282-62047-9 | |
9786612620478 | |
0-7486-4184-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910813891803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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