New Ways Through The Glens. Highland Road, Bridge and Canal Makers of the Early 19th Century

Haldane, A. R. B. (Archibald Richard Burdon)

ISBN 10: 0715360809 / ISBN 13: 9780715360804

Published by David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon, 1973

About this Item

First published in 1962, this is a new impression of 1973. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£4.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 251pp, illustrated, maps. Based on original research by Scottish social historian Dr Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane (1900-82), and making use of significant archive resources, this book provides an insight into the provision of basic communication routes that were to be fundamental to the social and economic development of the Highlands. The book begins with a brief history of such roads as existed in the Highlands prior to 1800 and continues with the problems presented by the ambitious plans of Thomas Telford and his colleagues to link east and west, north and south of the Highlands, together with the Islands, for ease of communication and the development of the region. In due course, this work overcame the obstacles and eventually created the Scotland of today.

Seller Inventory # 007271

Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Ways Through The Glens. Highland Road, Bridge and Canal Makers of the Early 19th Century
• Publisher: David & Charles Ltd, Newton Abbot, Devon
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715360809
• ISBN 13: 9780715360804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

New Ways Through the Glens Highland Road, Bridge and Canal Makers of the Early 19th Century

About the Author

The author also wrote "By Many Waters", "The Path by the Water" and "The Drove Roads of Scotland"