The Scottish path to capitalist agriculture 1: From the crisis of Feudalism to the origins of agrarian transformation (1688-1746)

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-268

  Davidson, Neil ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feudalism; Heritable jurisdictions; Highland lowland divide; Improvement; Military tenure; Scotland; Treaty of Union

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CAPITALISM; FEUDALISM; TENURE SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142709561     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2004.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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