Book
From croft to factory: the evolution of an industrial community in the highlands
Thomas Nelson and Sons • London • Published In 1946 • Pages:
By: Gregor, Mary J. F., Crichton, Ruth M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph deals with the question of whether the development of industry in the Highlands has improved peoples' lives. The village of Kinlochleven in northern Argyllshire was chosen as the subject of the study, largely because living conditions there had been criticized in earlier publications. Kinlochleven was the site of a factory of the British Aluminium Company, and constituted a 'factory town' in every sense. The monograph includes data on local administration, population characteristics, kinds of work available at the factory, housing, health, education, social life, and crime. References to the 'Company' in the text refer to the British Aluminium Company. References to the K.V.I.S. in the text refer to the Kinlochleven Village Improvement Society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Nonferrous metal industries
- Housing
- Water power
- Electric power
- Retail marketing
- Labor supply and employment
- Wages and salaries
- Cooperative organization
- Education system
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- Teachers
- 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.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Marlene Martin
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date (during 1939-1945 war)
- 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)
- town of Kinlochleven, northern Argyllshire, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Mary J. F. Gregor and Ruth M. Crichton
- Includes index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)