Book
The western Isles today
Cambridge University Press • Cambridge, England • Published In 1980 • Pages: 14, 128 , plates
By: Ennew, Judith.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is concerned with cultural and social change among Hebridean Scots of the Isle of Lewis and Harris. Ennew argues that despite much that appears remote and quaint in the 'crofting way of life,' what are conventionally taken for Highland 'traditions' are in fact relatively recent in origin and intimately tied to the development of capitalism in the United Kingdom and to English domination in a multi-ethnic state.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Tillage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Income and demand
- Labor supply and employment
- Community structure
- General character of religion
- Congregations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Isle of Lewis and Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Judith Ennew
- Bibliography: p. 122-125.|Includes index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)