The Economic History Review · 1995 · 121 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesHistoryLabor HistoryRural DevelopmentSocial HistoryAgrarian ChangeAgrarian HistoryEconomic ChangeRural HistoryRural SocietySocial ChangeAgricultural TransformationLandless Rural LaborRural Economic ChangeRural Economic TransformationRural Labor TransformationRural Social ChangeRural TransformationSocial Revolution
Original archive material is used in this book to explore the social revolution when, in the 18th-century, the old peasant society of lowland Scotland was replaced by a new order of capitalist farmers and landless labourers.