LEADER 00000cam 2200349 i 4500 001 sky263481804 003 SKY 005 20150924120041.0 008 140818s2015 mauab b 001 0 eng 010 2014032543 020 9781566567411 (alk. paper) 020 1566567416 (alk. paper) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dDLC|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-uk-st 082 00 941.1/5|223 092 941.15|bBEA 100 1 Beattie, Andrew,|eauthor. 245 14 The Scottish Highlands :|ba cultural history /|cby Andrew Beattie. 264 1 Northampton, Massachusetts :|bInterlink Books,|c2015. 300 292 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c21 cm. 336 text|2rdacontent. 337 unmediated|2rdamedia. 338 volume|2rdacarrier. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index. 505 0 Introduction: An "elemental" landscape -- Landscape -- History -- Imagination -- Visitors. 520 The Scottish Highlands form the highest mountains in the British Isles, a broad arc of rocky peaks and deep glens stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow, Perth and Aberdeen to the remote and storm-lashed Cape Wrath in Scotland's far northwest. Beattie explores the turbulent past and vibrant present of this landscape, where the legacy of events from the first Celtic settlements to World War II, to the construction of military roads to mining for lead, slate, and gold have all left their mark. 651 0 Highlands (Scotland)|xHistory. 651 0 Highlands (Scotland)|xCivilization. 830 0 Cultural histories.
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