Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iv
3. Tables vi
4. Figures vii
5. Plates ix
6. Preface x
7. Acknowledgements xi
8. Introduction: The Course of Rural Change in Scotland 17
9. The Early Countryside
10. Prehistoric Activity and its Effect on the Scottish Landscape 23
11. Medieval Settlement and Colonisation 45
12. The Origins of Traditional Field Systems 69
13. The Traditional Pastoral Economy 93
14. Accelerated Change
15. The Emergence of the New Estate Structure 117
16. The Pattern of Landholding in Eighteenth-Century Scotland 137
17. The Agents of Agricultural Change 155
18. Changes in the Extent of Improved Farmland 177
19. The Reshaped Countryside
20. The Reshaped Agricultural Landscape 203
21. The Mansion and Policy 223
22. The Planned Villages 249
23. The Commercial Use of Woodland and Coppice Management 271
24. The New Rural Industries: Water Power and Textiles 291
25. Notes on Contributors 319
26. Index 321