The Natural History Of The Highlands And Islands
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The Natural History Of The Highlands And Islands
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Author : F. Fraser Darling
language : en
Publisher: Collins
Release Date : 2009-07-14
The Natural History Of The Highlands And Islands written by F. Fraser Darling and has been published by Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-14 with categories.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history, including relict and specialised animals and plants. Here are animals in really large numbers: St. Kilda with its sea-birds, North Rona its seals, Islay its wintering geese, rivers and lochs with their spawning salmon and trout, the ubiquitous midges! This is big country with red deer, wildcat, pine marten, badger, otter, fox, ermine, golden eagle, osprey, raven, peregrine, grey lag, divers, phalaropes, capercaillie and ptarmigan. Off-shore are killer whales and basking sharks. Here, too, in large scale interaction is forestry, sheep farming, sport, tourism and wildlife conservation.
Natural History In The Highlands And Islands Collins New Naturalist Library Book 6
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Author : F. Fraser Darling
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2012-01-30
Natural History In The Highlands And Islands Collins New Naturalist Library Book 6 written by F. Fraser Darling and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-30 with Nature categories.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rugged moorland, alpine mountains and jagged coast with remarkable natural history. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Last Of The Free
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Author : James Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-25
Last Of The Free written by James Hunter and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-25 with History categories.
Written by award-winning Scottish historian James Hunter, this groundbreaking and definitive account reveals how the Highlands and Islands of Scotland have evolved from a centre of European significance to a Scottish outpost. Never before has the history of the region been recounted so comprehensively and in so much fascinating, often moving, detail. But this book is not simply the story of humanity's millennia-long involvement with one of the world's most spectacular localities. It is also a major contribution to present-day debate about how Scotland, and Britain, should be organised.
The Highlands And Islands
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Author : Frank Fraser Darling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Highlands And Islands written by Frank Fraser Darling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Natural history categories.
Nature Contested
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Author : Smout T. C. Smout
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-07
Nature Contested written by Smout T. C. Smout and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-07 with NATURE categories.
This book is about how we have treated nature in some of the most valued landscapes in Europe. Combining social and cultural history with ecology and geography, T.C. Smout has written an environmental history that is both profound and accessible.The Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland, the Lake District and the northern moors and plains of England form a natural region. The crags, moorland, woods and wetlands have been both treasured for their beauty and biodiversity and reviled as unproductive deserts to be improved and reclaimed. The fields have been made more fertile for production and the waters tapped for industrial use, but at a certain cost. The contest between two views of nature - conservation versus development; use versus delight - is at the centre of the book. The author begins by taking a hard look at our encounters with the natural world. He shows how the Scots and the northern English never shared the southerner's view of their environment as intimidating, and describes how conflict between using and enjoying the land gradually arose and gave birth to modern conservation ideas. He reveals how the history of the woods - especially the 'Great Wood of Caledon' - is quite different from popular myth, and examines the history and fate of the soil and the fields; of the rivers, lakes and lochs; of the hills and mountains; and of the modern quarrel over the countryside.'By the end,' the author writes, 'I hope to have presented on my theatre a dramatic tale that tells us a fair amount not only of northern Britain, but something about the globe and the European west as a whole over the last four hundred years.'
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands
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Author : Charles St. John
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands written by Charles St. John and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with Hunting categories.
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands
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Author : Charles George William Saint-John
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands written by Charles George William Saint-John and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern Scottish History
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Author : T. M. Devine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-01-26
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern Scottish History written by T. M. Devine and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-26 with History categories.
Over the last three decades major advances in research and scholarship have transformed understanding of the Scottish past. In this landmark study some of the most eminent writers on the subject, together with emerging new talents, have combined to produce a large-scale volume which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Such major themes as the Reformation, the Union of 1707, the Scottish Enlightenment, clearances, industrialisation, empire, emigration, and the Great War are approached from novel and fascinating perspectives, but so too are such issues as the Scottish environment, myth, family, criminality, the literary tradition, and Scotland's contemporary history. All chapters contain expert syntheses of current knowledge, but their authors also stand back and reflect critically on the questions which still remain unanswered, the issues which generate dispute and controversy, and sketch out where appropriate the agenda for future research. The Handbook also places the Scottish experience firmly into an international historical perspective with a considerable focus on the age-old emigration of the Scottish people, the impact of successive waves of immigrants to Scotland, and the nation's key role within the British Empire. The overall result is a vibrant and stimulating review of modern Scottish history: essential reading for students and scholars alike.
The Mainstream Companion To Scottish Literature
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Author : Trevor Royle
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-01-06
The Mainstream Companion To Scottish Literature written by Trevor Royle and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Mainstream Companion to Scottish Literature is the most comprehensive reference guide to Scotland's literature, covering a period from the earliest times to the early 1990s. It includes over 600 essays on the lives and works of the principal poets, novelists, dramatists critics and men and women of letters who have written in English, Scots or Gaelic. Thus, as well as such major writers as Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Hugh MacDiarmid, the Companion also lists many minor writers whose work might otherwise have been overlooked in any survey of Scottish literature. Also included here are entries on the lives of other more peripheral writers such as historians, philosophers, diarists and divines whose work has made a contribution to Scottish letters. Other essays range over such general subjects as the principal work of major writers, literary movements, historical events, the world of printing and publishing, folklore, journalism, drama and Gaelic. A feature of the book is the inclusion of the bibliography of each writer and reference to the major critical works. This comprehensive guide is an essential tool for the serious student of Scottish literature as well as being an ideal guide and companion for the general reader.
A History Of The Highlands And Of The Highland Clans
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Author : James Browne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
A History Of The Highlands And Of The Highland Clans written by James Browne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Clans categories.