Eugene Costello

Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9781783275311
• ISBN-10: 1783275316
• Artikelnr.: 58458541

Autorenporträt

Eugene Costello

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Seasonal movement and settlement in a world of pastoralism
Imagining movement: past and present views of transhumance in Ireland
Seasonal sites in context: summer pastures of the Carna peninsula Connected
places: home and booley in Gleann Cholm Cille over time Altitude and
adaptation: evolving seasonal settlement in the Galtee Mountains Herders
and historical forces, 1600-1900 Conclusion