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Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,224
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Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 (Hardcover): Eugene Costello

Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 (Hardcover)

Eugene Costello

Series: Garden and Landscape History

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First full survey of how transhumance operated in Ireland from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth. WINNER: American Conference for Irish Studies Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book Commendation, Publication Prize in Irish History, NUI Awards 2021 The rearing of cattle is today a fairly sedentary practice in Ireland, Britain and most of north-west Europe. But in the not-so-distant past it was common for many rural households to take their livestock to hill and mountain pastures for the summer. Moreover, ethnographic accounts suggest that a significant number of people would stay in seasonal upland settlements to milk the cows and produce butter and cheese. However, these movements all but died out in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, meaning that today transhumance is mainly associated with Alpine and Mediterranean landscapes. This book is the first major interdisciplinary approach to the diversity and decline of transhumance in a northern European context. Focusing on Ireland from c.1550 to 1900, it shows that uplands were valuable resources which allowed tenant households to maintain larger herds of livestock and adapt to global economic trends. And it places the practice in a social context, demonstrating that transhumance required highly organized systems of common grazing, and that the care of dairy cows amounted to a rite of passage for young women in many rural communities.

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Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Garden and Landscape History
Release date: June 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Eugene Costello
Dimensions: 240 x 170 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-531-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-78327-531-6
Barcode: 9781783275311

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