Agriculture, Economy and Society in Early Modern Scotland

Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society.

Sommario

Introduction: Exploring Scotland's Agricultural History - Harriet Cornell, Julian Goodare and Alan R. MacDonald
1. Imagining Scottish Agriculture Before the Improvers - Julian Goodare
2. The Use of Dykes in Scottish Farming 1500-1700 - Briony Kincaid
3. The Famine of 1622-23 in Scotland - Kevin Hall
4. Weather and Farming through the Eyes of a Sixteenth-Century Highland Peasant - Julian Goodare
5. Stock, Fermes, Mails and Duties in a Midlothian Barony 1587-89 - Norah Carlin
6. The Roots of Improvement: Early Seventeenth-Century Agriculture on the Mains of Dundas, Linlithgowshire - Alan R. MacDonald
7. 'God Knowis my Sleipisar Short and Unsound': Andro Smyth's Collection of Rent, Tax, Teind and Tolls in Shetland c.1640 - Brian Smith
8. Farming in the Stirling Area 1560-1750 - John G. Harrison
9. What Were the Fiars Prices Used For? - T. C. Smout
10. Agriculture and Banking in Eighteenth-Century Scotland 1695-1750 - Gains Murdoch
11. Capitalism's Cradle? Ideas, Policies, and the Rise of the Scottish Economy in the Mercantilist Age 1600-1800 - Philipp Robinson Rössner
Conclusion: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Overview - R. A. Houston
Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Harriet Cornell (Editore), Julian Goodare (Editore), Alan R MacDonald (Editore), Alan R. MacDonald (Editore)
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.04.2024
• EAN: 9781837650484
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-048-4
• Pagine: 308
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 608 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Agricoltura, giardinaggio; silvicoltura, pesca, alimentazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie