The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920 : aristocratic decline, estate management and land reform / Annie Tindley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tindley, Annie.

Series:

Scottish historical review monographs series ; 18.

Scottish historical review monographs series ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sutherland family.

Administration of estates--Scotland--Sutherland--History--20th century.

Administration of estates.

Land use, Rural--Scotland--History--19th century.

Land use, Rural.

Aristocracy (Social class)--Scotland--History--19th century.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Sutherland (Scotland)--History--19th century.

Sutherland (Scotland).

Sutherland (Scotland)--Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of World War I, the Sutherland Estate was the largest landed estate in western Europe; at 1.1 million acres, the ducal family owned almost the entire county of Sutherland as well as a further 30,000 acres in England. The estate was owned by the dukes of Sutherland, who were among the richest patrician landowners of the period; from the early nineteenth century, however, the family were shadowed by their reputation as great clearance landlords, something that would come back to haunt them throughout the coming decades.This book:studies the workings

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One 'The condition of its peasantry is wonderfully higher in every respect': The Sutherland Estate, 1850-701; Chapter Two 'A failure in every sense of the word': The Sutherland Reclamations, 1869-93; Chapter Three 'Agitation amounting to legalised coercion': The Sutherland Estate 1880-61; Chapter Four 'Gladstone has much to answer for': The Sutherland Estate, 1886-961; Chapter Five 'Unstained were the diadems Cromarty wore': The Sutherland Estate, 1897-19201

Chapter Six 'Let them understand that they must submit to rule': Clashmore and the Sutherland Estate, 1850-19091Conclusion: 'Neither forgotten norforgiven'; Appendix The Sutherland Estate Management, 1812-1920; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-74991-9

9786612749919

0-7486-4267-6

OCLC:

655807774