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Showcases the latest research on Scotland's rural economy and society. Early modern Scotland was predominantly rural. Agriculture was the main occupation of most people at the time, so what happened in the countryside was crucial: economically, socially and culturally. The essays collected here focus on the years between around 1500 and 1750. This period, although before the main era of agricultural ""improvement"" in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, was nevertheless far from static in terms of agrarian development. Specific topics addressed include everyday farming practices; investment; landlords, tenants and estate management; and the cultural context within which agriculture was ""imagined"". The disastrous famine of 1622-23 is analysed in detail. The volume is completed by a comprehensive survey of recent historiography, setting agricultural history in its broader context.

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HARRIET CORNELL is Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) Programme Manager, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh. JULIAN GOODARE is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Edinburgh. His books include The European Witch-Hunt (London, 2016), and he has edited three books about witchcraft in Scotland. He is Director of the online Survey of Scottish Witchcraft. ALAN R. MacDONALD is Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee.

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