The Hebridean World: Its Human Ecology Through Time
Dodgshon, Robert
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-10-24
- 售價: $6,970
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $6,622
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 270
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031708709
- ISBN-13: 9783031708701
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The Hebrides has long been seen as an area that, when considered over time, was slow to absorb change. Indeed, from the nineteenth century onwards, it attracted the attention of scholars for being seen as having not just the oldest rocks in Europe but also, some of its oldest cultural practices and institutional forms. This unchanging 'archaic' character has continued to attract a great deal of research but, over recent decades, a counter view has emerged that highlights the changes that the region did experience. This book argues the case for the latter by drawing out how the institutional forms around which the region and its farming communities were organised changed over time. As background. It highlights the importance of understanding two key inter-related features that underpinned these changes: the low output of Hebridean farming with its high frequency of poor harvests and the range of environmental hazards that beset the region. Brought together, the interaction between these two features makes the survival strategies adopted by communities an important part of the region's history. Because society/environment interactions are at the heart of the problem, the book's discussion is presented as a study in human ecology. One of the benchmark studies of the region in modern times, or Sir Fraser Darling's The West Highland Problem: A Study in Human Ecology (OUP, 1955) adopted such an approach. This book gives this human ecological perspective on the region a greater time-depth. In addition to a Preface and an Epilogue, it is divided into 12 chapters: Title: The Hebridean World: Its Ecological History Through Time Preface 1: The Hebrides: Their Physical Endowment and Its Challenges 2: The Oldest Cultural Landscapes 3: The Hebridean Mix: Picts, Scots and Vikings 4: How Land was Occupied Before Crofting 5: How the Land was Farmed before Crofting 6: Landscapes of Summer: the Shielings 7: The Inter Tidal and Beyond: the Harvest of Shore and Sea 8: Survival on the Margins 9: The Landscapes of Crofting 10: The Harvesting and Processing of Grain 11: The Clearances for Sheep and Deer 12: Hebridean Housing and Settlement Epilogue
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赫布里底群島長期以來被視為一個在時間推移中緩慢吸收變化的地區。事實上,自十九世紀以來,這裡吸引了學者的注意,因為它不僅擁有歐洲最古老的岩石,還擁有一些最古老的文化實踐和制度形式。這種不變的「古老」特徵持續吸引了大量的研究,但在近幾十年中,出現了一種反向觀點,強調該地區實際上經歷的變化。本書主張後者的觀點,通過揭示圍繞該地區及其農業社區組織的制度形式隨時間變化的情況來支持這一論點。作為背景,本書強調理解兩個相互關聯的關鍵特徵的重要性,這些特徵支撐了這些變化:赫布里底農業的低產出及其高頻率的歉收,以及困擾該地區的一系列環境危害。這兩個特徵之間的相互作用使得社區採取的生存策略成為該地區歷史的重要部分。由於社會/環境互動是問題的核心,本書的討論被呈現為人類生態學的研究。現代時期該地區的一項基準研究,即Sir Fraser Darling的《西高地問題:人類生態學研究》(OUP, 1955)採用了這種方法。本書為該地區的人類生態學視角提供了更深的時間深度。除了前言和結語外,本書分為12章:標題:赫布里底世界:其生態歷史隨時間推移的變遷 前言 1:赫布里底群島:其自然資源及挑戰 2:最古老的文化景觀 3:赫布里底的混合:皮克特人、蘇格蘭人和維京人 4:在小農業之前土地是如何被佔有的 5:在小農業之前土地是如何被耕作的 6:夏季的景觀:小屋 7:潮間帶及其以外:海岸和海洋的收穫 8:邊緣的生存 9:小農業的景觀 10:穀物的收穫與加工 11:為羊和鹿的清理 12:赫布里底的住房與定居 結語