Highland Scots [electronic resource] : ES10.

The Highlands of Scotland include the lands north of a line from the town of Inverness on the northeast running south and west, encompassing the shires of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, and Argyll, as well as the islands making up the Inner and Outer Hebrides. This file consist...

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Other Authors: Armstrong, Karen, 1946-, Bryden, J. M. (John M.), Caird, J. B., Darling, F. Fraser (Frank Fraser), 1903-1979, Dorian, Nancy C., Ducey, Paul Richard, Ennew, Judith, 1944-, Geddes, Arthur, 1895-, Gregor, Mary J. F., Lowenberg, Carla Yvonne, 1945-, MacKinnon, Kenneth, 1933-, Moisley, Henry Alan, Parman, Susan, Prattis, J. I., Sheets, John Wilson, Stephenson, John B., 1937-, Thompson, Francis, 1931-, Vallee, Frank G. (Frank Gerald), 1918-, Walker, Maud Kimmell, 1943-
Format: Electronic Continuing Resource
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 1995-
Series:EHRAF world cultures. Europe.
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Table of Contents:
  • Women, tourism, politics / Karen Armstrong
  • Agrarian change in the Scottish highlands / John Bryden
  • Park / J.B. Caird
  • Language shift in a bilingual Hebridean crofting community / Jack David Bo Coleman
  • West Highland survey / Frank Fraser Darling
  • A phonological description of Brora, Golspie, and Embo Gaelic ; A substitute name system in the Scottish highlands ; Gaelic proverbial lore in Embo village / Nancy Currier Dorian
  • Cultural continuity and population change on the Isle of Skye / Paul Richard Ducey
  • The western Isles today / Judith Ennew
  • The Isle of Lewis and Harris / Arthur Geddes
  • From croft to factory / Mary J. F. Gregor and Ruth M. Crichton
  • Cultural summary, Highland Scots / Ed Knipe
  • Identification and fulfillment of needs of the elderly on Skye, Scotland / Carla Yvonne Lowenberg
  • Language, education and social processes in a Gaelic community / Kenneth MacKinnon
  • Uig / Henry Alan Moisley
  • Sociocultural change in a Scottish crofting township ; General properties of naming, and a specific case of nicknaming in the Scottish Outer Hebrides ; Scottish crofters / Susan Parman
  • The survival of communities / Iain Prattis
  • The genetic structures of two island populations / John Wilson Sheets II
  • Ford, a village in the west highlands of Scotland / John B. Stephenson
  • Harris and Lewis / Francis Thompson
  • Burial and mourning customs in a Hebridean community / F.G. Vallee
  • Social constraints, individuals, and social decisions in a Scottish rural community / Maud Kimmell Walker.