Transhumance and the Making of Ireland's Uplands, 1550-1900 Contributor(s): Costello, Eugene (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783275316 ISBN-13: 9781783275311 Publisher: Boydell Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Modern - General |
Dewey: 338.100 |
LCCN: 2021303117 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.29 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |