Contesting land, creating community, in the highlands and islands, scotland

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-180

  Munro, Gillian ^c   Seki, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Crofting; Identity; Land; Scotland

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LAND RIGHTS; RURAL POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19144368973     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00369220418737201     Document Type: Article

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