The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920: aristocratic decline, estate management and land reform

From the mid-nineteenth century until the end of WWI, 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. Owned by the dukes of Sutherland, who were among the richest patrician landowners of the period, the family were shadowed by their reputation as great clearance landlords, something that would come back to haunt them throughout the coming decades. The Sutherland estate was the largest and most infamous clearance estate in Britain and this book examines a crucial period of Highland history from the neglected perspective of an estate, using estate papers, newspapers, crofter sources, and government records.Will appeal tohistory scholars and general readers interested in estate management and the decline of the aristocracy.

• ISBN: 978-0-7486-4032-4
• Editorial: Edinburgh University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés