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JURA: ISLAND OF DEER

by Peter Youngson

Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st. 2001

Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper. Jura is one of the largest islands of the Inner Hebrides. This is a complete history of the island's history, from the Meolithic period to the present day, also focusing on other aspects such as Jura's natural history and geography. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w drawings.

Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. A few minor knocks to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, a little grubby, lightly worn at top of spine.

ISBN: 1841581364
Stock no. 1825220

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Contents

  • I The Island and its Wild-Life
  • 1 A Physical Description
  • 2 Climate and Weather
  • 3 Geology
  • 4 Natural History
  • 5 Prehistory
  • II Far-Off Times
  • 6 The First Centuries of teh Christian Era
  • 7 The Celtic Mission and teh Isle of Hinba
  • 8 Early Ecclesiastical Sites
  • 9 The Viking Period
  • 10 The Viking Legacy
  • 11 The Lords of the Isles
  • III People and Places
  • 12 Settlements and Communities
  • 13 People to the End of teh Seventeenth Century
  • 14 Coming of teh Campbells
  • 15 North Jura
  • IV Early Visitors
  • 16 Accounts by Visitors
  • 17 Gulf of Corryvreckan
  • V The Church
  • 18 Early Ministries
  • 19 The Rev. John Mcsweeen
  • 20 Neil Cmpbell
  • 21 The Church in teh Early Eighteenth Centrury
  • 22 Neil Mcleod and Alexander Hossack
  • 23 Later Ministries
  • VI The Eighteenth Cenbtury
  • 24 People in the Eighteenth Century
  • 25 Life in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
  • 26 Emigration
  • VII The Nineteenth Century
  • 27 People in the Nineteenth Century
  • 28 Where People Lived in the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 29 Changes in Population from 1841 to 1891
  • 30 Accounts of Conditions in Jura
  • 31 Life in the Nineteenth Century
  • 32 Wages
  • 33 Tenants and Rents in the Nineteenth Century
  • 32 Longevity, Age and Death
  • VIII Schools and Travel
  • 35 Schools and Schoolmasters
  • 36 Communication and Travel
  • IX The Crofters' Commission and the Isles of the Norht
  • 37 The Crofter's commission
  • 38 The Northern Isles
  • X Tales of Jura
  • 39 Legends, Stories, Superstitions and Sayings
  • 40 Poetry and Songs
  • XI The Twentieth Century
  • 41 Jura and the Gaelic Language
  • 42 Place-names of Ardfernal and Knockrome
  • 43 The First Three-Quarters of teh Twentieth Century
  • 44 People of the Twentieth Century
  • 45 In Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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