The Drove Roads of Scotland

Haldane, A.R.B.

ISBN 10: 0715361074 / ISBN 13: 9780715361078

Edité par David and Charles, 1973

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Light wear to boards. Content is clean with slight toning. Good DJ with light toning.

N° de réf. du vendeur 9999-99995760222

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Drove Roads of Scotland
• Éditeur: David and Charles
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0715361074
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780715361078
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

An account of Scotland's droving trade and the routes by which livestock were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland.

Présentation de l'éditeur

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland. In pastoral Scotland, the breeding and movement of livestock were fundamental to the lives of the people. The story of the drove roads takes the reader on an engrossing tour of Scottish history, from the lawless cattle driving by reivers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the legitimate movement of stock which developed after the Union of the Crowns, by which time the large-scale movement of stock to established markets had become an important part of Scotland s economy, and a vital aspect of commercial life in the Empire.