Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century

GASKELL, Philip

ISBN 10: 052105060X / ISBN 13: 9780521050609

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1968, 1968

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Hbk 268pp, b+w illustrations, chart, tables, map, including intact fold-out map at rear, dj very slightly shelfworn and price clipped, now in protective sleeve, prev owner's name neatly on fep, otherwise appears unused and an excellent, clean, tight and unmarked text.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, 1968
• Date de parution: 1968
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052105060X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521050609
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: 'A brilliant study of social and economic change in an Argyll parish during the nineteenth century.' Geographical Journal

Review of the hardback: 'A model of cool appraisal, in which sympathy does not become uncontrolled emotion ... well grounded in factual record, but transformed by imagination into absorbing narrative.' History

Review of the hardback: 'An island of sanity and common sense in a sea of emotion ...Dr Gaskell's book is no myopic parochial study. It raises social and economic issues of national importance. The book is a remarkable achievement.' Victorian Studies

Review of the hardback: 'The most accomplished social and economic history of this corner of the West Highlands ... It is the detail of Dr Gaskell's account that is so fascinating.' The Economist