Book
Agrarian change in the Scottish highlands: the role of the Highlands and Island Development Board in the agricultural economy of the crofting counties
Martin Robinson in association with the Highlands and Islands Development Board • (4) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 14, 152
By: Bryden, John, Houston, George.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph provides a discussion of changes in land use, agricultural output, demography, and social organization in the Scottish Highlands, and offers criticism of development schemes along with suggestions for future regional planning. It includes information on the Orkneys (EZ07) and the Shetlands (EZ09).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Economic planning and development
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Floriculture
- Land use
- Production and supply
- Labor supply and employment
- 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.
- Economist
- 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
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1800-1974, especially 1970-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- The 'crofting counties' of highland Scotland and the Islands, including the Orkneys and Shetlands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] John Bryden and George Houston
- Bibliography: p. 143-145.|Includes index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)