Other British Isles A History of Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides, Isle of Man, Anglesey, Scilly, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands

Name: Other British Isles A History of Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides, Isle of Man, Anglesey, Scilly, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands
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ISBN: 9780786421435

ISBN-10: 0786421436

ISBN-13: 9780786421435

Edition: 2005

Authors: David W. Moore

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Their names bespeak a rich and varied past, belying their paucity of notice by historians. From the Norse Hjaltland comes the modern Shetland: islands nominally Scottish, steeped in Nordic culture, closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Important Neolithic sites at Skara Brae and Maes Howe in the Orkneys wallow in anonymity next to Stonehenge. Holy Iona, island center of Celtic Christianity; the Isle of Man, former seat of rule over the Irish Sea; Anglesey and Islay, homes of forgotten Medieval courts at Aberffraw and Loch Finlaggan?these are just a few of the more than 6,000 islands that form the archipelago known as the British Isles. Inhabited for millennia and today home to half a…

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 11/8/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 287
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


List of Maps


Preface



Shetland: "Ultima Thule"



Orkney: "Land of Saga"



The Western Isles: "Hebridean Odyssey"



Isle of Man: "Little Manx Nation"



Isle of Anglesey: "Mother of Wales"



The Isles of Scilly: "Last Port of Call"



Isle of Wight: "John Bull's Other Island"



The Channel Islands: "Morceaux de France"



Geographical Descriptions



Scottish Islands: Population 1755-2001



English and Welsh Islands: Population 1750-2001



2001 Census Returns for the Other Isles



Political Profiles



20th Century Economic Profile


Selected Reading List


Index