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The Northern and Western Isles of Scotland

by Frances J. Shaw

ISBN: 9781904607359
Imprint: John Donald
Publication Date: Mar 2003
Format: Paperback
Price: £20.00
Stock Status: not in stock

This important and detailed study describes and analyses the main features of the economy and social structure of the Isles in the seventeenth century. In geographical scope it covers the Hebrides from Islay in the south to Lewis in the north, as well as the island groups of Orkney and Shetland.

While it is possible to trace some general tendencies and developments in the course of the seventeenth century, it is necessary to look closely and critically at the similarities and differences between the various island and archipelagos. The conditions on each are related to their individual histories and to physical factors such as terrain and the degree of remoteness from other land, particularly from the centres of population, trade and government.

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