Buildings of the Land: Scotland's Farms 1750-2000 - Hardcover

RCAHMS

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190241957X ISBN 13: 9781902419572

Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland, 2009

Synopsis

The story of the changing countryside of Scotland can be traced through its buildings. All the successive phases of agricultural development - from the 18th century revolution of 'Improvement' to the factory farming of the 20th century - are recorded in stone, concrete and steel.

This book, the result of a long-term research project undertaken by RCAHMS and the National Museums of Scotland, records farm buildings across the many regions of Scotland. The result is a volume richly illustrated with drawings and photographs covering a wide variety of building types, and tracing their evolution against the development of modern Scottish agriculture over the past 300 years. Susanna Wade Martins and Miles Glendinning, with contributors Peter Caunt and John Shaw, present a fascinating story of diversity and change, which will be of great interest to those concerned with agricultural, architectural, social and landscape history, and the future of Scotland's countryside.

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The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) creates Scotland s collection of archaeology, architecture and industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190241957X
• ISBN 13: 9781902419572
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228