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Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland

Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland

Cornell, Harriet
Goodare, Julian
MacDonald, Alan R.

Hardcover

Series: Boydell Studies in Rural History, Book 4

Business GeneralEconomicsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1837650489
ISBN13: 9781837650484
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Apr 23 2024
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society.

Early modern Scotland was predominantly rural. Agriculture was the main occupation of most people at the time, so what happened in the countryside was crucial: economically, socially and culturally. The essays collected here focus on the years between around 1500 and 1750. This period, although before the main era of agricultural improvement in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was nevertheless far from static in terms of agrarian development. Specific topics addressed include everyday farming practices; investment; landlords, tenants and estate management; and the cultural context within which agriculture was imagined. The disastrous famine of 1622-23 is analysed in detail. The volume is completed by a comprehensive survey of recent historiography, setting agricultural history in its broader context.

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