Highland folk ways
Grant, I. F. (Isabel Frances), 1887-19831989
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In this age of urbanization and mechanization, the evocation of a picture of ancient folk ways - of life in a well-knit, self supporting community bound closely to the land - has the same spell-binding charm as that of Tir nan Og to the Gael and of Arcady to the sophiticates of the eighteenth century.
Main title:
Highland folk ways / by I.F. Grant.
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Publisher:
London [etc.] : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961.
Collation:
xiii,377pages : illustrations, maps, plan ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Partial contents: The fashioning of the human fabric -- The lie of the land and the shape of human settlements -- The arable land - the people's foothold -- The homes of the people -- Highland fabrics -- Communication and transport.
ISBN:
04150022659780415002264
Language:
English
Index terms:
ScotlandHighlandsSocial life, to 1960HIGHLANDS (Scotland)SCOTTISH SOCIAL HISTORYSCOTTISH CUSTOMSSCOTTISH TRADITIONS
BRN:
334052
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