Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century - Rilegato

Gaskell, Philip

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 052105060X ISBN 13: 9780521050609

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1968

Riassunto

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

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Recensione

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

Descrizione del libro

Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1968
• ISBN 10: 052105060X
• ISBN 13: 9780521050609
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 294
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile