Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century

Philip Gaskell

ISBN 10: 052105060X / ISBN 13: 9780521050609

Edité par Cambridge University Press 1968-01, Gb, 1968

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First Edition Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, no markings Brown boards with gilt titles to spine DJ is Very Good with some age spots on the back The DJÊ is unclippedÊ B&W photos and a folding map.

N° de réf. du vendeur 1615

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press 1968-01, Gb
• Date de parution: 1968
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052105060X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521050609
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History British
  • Scotland

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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