An Historical Ethnography of Rural Perthshire, 1750-1950: Farm, Family, and Neighbourhood
by West, Gary J.; Fenton, AlexanderFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-01-30
Publisher(s): Edwin Mellen Pr
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Summary
This work applies an ethnological approach to the study of changing patterns of social organization over the past two centuries within the author's native county in Scotland.
Author Biography
Gary West is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | |
| List of Figures | |
| Foreword | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Perthshire Agriculture Improved | p. 35 |
| Family Roles | p. 83 |
| A Family Apart: The Bothy System | p. 127 |
| Communal Labour Systems | p. 167 |
| Exchange Labour | p. 185 |
| Charity Labour | p. 221 |
| Communal Labour: Context and Analysis | p. 247 |
| Conclusions | p. 277 |
| Bibliography | p. 289 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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