Iona : : The Living Memory of a Crofting Community / / Mairi MacArthur.
The Hebridean island of Iona has been the focus of intense outside interest for over fourteen hundred years, from the time of St Columba's monastery in the sixth century through to the transfer of its renowned monuments into the care of Historic Scotland in the year 2000. Yet the people who liv...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| LEADER | 04261nam a22006975i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 9780748673476 | ||
| 003 | DE-B1597 | ||
| 005 | 20220302035458.0 | ||
| 006 | m|||||o||d|||||||| | ||
| 007 | cr || |||||||| | ||
| 008 | 220302t20222007stk fo d z eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780748673476 | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1515/9780748673476 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (DE-B1597)614310 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-B1597 |b eng |c DE-B1597 |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a stk |c GB-SCT | ||
| 050 | 4 | |a DA880.I7 | |
| 072 | 7 | |a HIS015000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 941.4207 |2 22 |
| 100 | 1 | |a MacArthur, Mairi, |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Iona : |b The Living Memory of a Crofting Community / |c Mairi MacArthur. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Edinburgh : |b Edinburgh University Press, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2007 | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (320 p.) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | |a text file |b PDF |2 rda | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t List of Illustrations -- |t Preface -- |t Acknowledgements -- |t Abbreviations -- |t Section I 1700-1800 -- |t 1 Peopling the Landscape -- |t 2 The Age of Improvement -- |t Section II 1800-1845 -- |t 3 The Making of the Crofts -- |t 4 Gathering Storms -- |t Section III 1846-1860 -- |t 5 The Year the Potato went Away -- |t 6 Continuing Crisis -- |t 7 Adjustment at Home and Abroad -- |t Section IV 1860-1900 -- |t 8 The Broadening of Horizons -- |t 9 A Voice for the Crofters -- |t 10 Custom and Community -- |t 11 The Iona Crowd, Out West and Down Under -- |t Section V 1700-1900 -- |t 12 A School for Education -- |t 13 A Temple for Worship -- |t Section VI -- |t 14 Conclusion: Change and Continuity -- |t Select Bibliography -- |t Appendix I -- |t Appendix II -- |t Appendix III -- |t Appendix IV -- |t Index |
| 506 | 0 | |a restricted access |u http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec |f online access with authorization |2 star | |
| 520 | |a The Hebridean island of Iona has been the focus of intense outside interest for over fourteen hundred years, from the time of St Columba's monastery in the sixth century through to the transfer of its renowned monuments into the care of Historic Scotland in the year 2000. Yet the people who lived and worked alongside its sacred sites have been largely overshadowed until now. This book is the first to redress the balance, taking an in-depth look at Iona's economic and social history during the 18th and 19th centuries, a period that saw profound change across the Highlands and Islands.It charts the agricultural reorganisation that led to a crofting system, follows the islanders through the harsh decade of the potato famine and records their worship and education, their crafts and customs, and the ties of kinship that underpinned their community. A broad range of sources are woven together - documentary, material and topographical. | ||
| 530 | |a Issued also in print. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Crofters |z Scotland |z Iona |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Farm life |z Scotland |z Iona |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Oral tradition |z Scotland |z Iona. | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Scottish Studies. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Title is part of eBook package: |d De Gruyter |t Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |z 9783110780468 |
| 776 | 0 | |c print |z 9780748632602 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748673476 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748673476 |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Cover |u https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748673476/original |
| 912 | |a 978-3-11-078046-8 Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |c 2000 |d 2013 | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_BACKALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_CL_HICS | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_EBACKALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_EBKALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_ECL_HICS | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_EEBKALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_ESSHALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_PPALL | ||
| 912 | |a EBA_SSHALL | ||
| 912 | |a GBV-deGruyter-alles | ||
| 912 | |a PDA11SSHE | ||
| 912 | |a PDA13ENGE | ||
| 912 | |a PDA17SSHEE | ||
| 912 | |a PDA5EBK | ||