Morvern Transformed A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century [Paperback]

A book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.Dr Gaskell's pioneering study of social and economic change in a west Highland parish during the last century has come to be regarded as a classic of local history, a book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance. But Morvern Transformed is more than a study of history: it is (to quote Professor R. H. Campbell's new Introduction) 'a fascinating portrayal of a way of life which, only a century old, is already as different from the present as it was in its own day from the way of life another century before.'Preface; Preface (1980); Introduction (1980); Last of plates; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Morvern in 1800: Between the devil and the deep blue sea; 2. The impact of efficiency 18001850: people removed, land improved; 3. Holiday home 18501870: The estate as a constructive hobby; 4. Rich man's castle 18701900: The state as a machine for sport; Plates; IndexReview of the hardback: 'A brilliant study of social and economic change in an Argyll parish during the nineteenth century.' Geographical JournalReview of the hardback: 'A model of cool appraisal, in which sympathy does not become uncontrolled emotion & well grounded in factual record, but transformed by imagination into absorbing narrative.' HistoryReview of the hardback: 'An island of sanity and common sense in a sea of emotion &Dr Gaskell's book is no myopic parochial study. It raises social anl#»