On the edge of improvement: Rathlin Island and the modern world

International Journal of Historical Archaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-240

  Forsythe, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalism and improvement; Ireland; Islands; Landscape

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAPITALISM; COMMERCIALIZATION; LANDSCAPE; RURAL SOCIETY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; MOYLE; NORTHERN IRELAND; RATHLIN ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548676607     PISSN: 10927697     EISSN: 15737748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-007-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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