The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920: Aristocratic Decline, Estate Management and Land Reform

TY - BOOK

T1 - The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920

T2 - Aristocratic Decline, Estate Management and Land Reform

AU - Tindley, Annie

PY - 2010/6

Y1 - 2010/6

N2 - From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of WWI the Sutherland estates was, at 1.1 million acres, the largest landed estate in western Europe. This book studies the workings of the estate management and policy formation in the face of challenges from their crofting tenants and government; asks whether the family experienced a 'decline and fall' as argued for the British aristocracy in this period and examines acrucual period of Highland history from the neglected perspective of a landed estate.

AB - From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of WWI the Sutherland estates was, at 1.1 million acres, the largest landed estate in western Europe. This book studies the workings of the estate management and policy formation in the face of challenges from their crofting tenants and government; asks whether the family experienced a 'decline and fall' as argued for the British aristocracy in this period and examines acrucual period of Highland history from the neglected perspective of a landed estate.

M3 - Book

SN - 9780748640324

T3 - Scottish Historical Review Monographs

BT - The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920

PB - Edinburgh University Press

CY - Edinburgh

ER -