Morvern Transformed
A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century

A book which raises issues that are still of general and indeed of national importance.

Philip Gaskell (Author)

9780521297974, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 22 May 1980

320 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.47 kg

Review of the hardback: 'The most accomplished social and economic history of this corner of the West Highlands … It is the detail of Dr Gaskell's account that is so fascinating.' The Economist

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 1800–1850: people removed, land improved
3. Holiday home 1850–1870: The estate as a constructive hobby
4. Rich man's castle 1870–1900: The state as a machine for sport
Plates
Index

Subject Areas: History [HB]