Scottish Country Life
Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd., 1977. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. ix, [1], 255, [3] pages. Illustrations/Drawings. References. General Bibliography. Index. Sticker on title page related to the U.S. distributor. Library of Congress copyright stamp on verso. Ink mark/notation on fep. Minor edge soiling. Alexander Fenton is a consultant for the European Ethnological Research Center, a former senior assistant editor of the Scottish National Dictionary, and a former director of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Before rising to the position of Director, the author was associated with the Country Life Section of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Concerned with historical change, this book is seen through the eyes of the people themselves, through the tools they used, through the food they ate, through the buildings in which they lived and worked. It provides an awareness of the past that has shaped the Scottish countryside. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Scotland, Agriculture, Highlands, Tilling, Harvesting, Threshing, Grinding, Corn Kilns, Water-Mill, Root Crops, Shieling, Dairy, Long-House, Peat, Fuel, Transport, Wains, Wagons, Tumbler, Carts, Farming
ISBN: 0859760111
[Book #80912]
Price: $45.00