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Land Reform in the British and Irish Isles since 1800

Land Reform in the British and Irish Isles since 1800

Author: Shaun Evans; Tony McCarthy; Annie Tindley
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 9781474487689

Published In: February 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Scotland ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781474487696

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Presents a comparative analysis of land issues and impact of reform across the British and Irish Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and Wales

A comparative and transnational approach to land issues across Britain and Ireland, with a particular emphasis on the experience and impact of reform in Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Draws together a host of valuable new case studies and novel perspectives which will provide a framework and inspiration for future work in this area
Key themes and issues discussed in the chapters include estate management and relationships between landowner and tenant; land reform agendas; legislative programmes and their impacts; landowner perspectives; and comparisons and contrasts between the experience of reform in the UK

This book interrogates land issues and reform across the British and Irish Isles from c.1800 to 2021, with a particular focus on the period c.1830s–c.1940s. It builds on a rich body of work employing comparative approaches towards the ‘Land Question’ and the history of landed estates, drawing together fresh and original case studies which contextualise the historiographies of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales. The contributors draw out similarities but also highlight the distinctive nature of land issues and reform programmes across the four nations of the British and Irish Isles.

Introduction - Shaun Evans, Tony McCarthy and Annie Tindley

Section I: Tenants, Landowners and Estate Management

Chapter One: Culmaily: a model of improvement Duncan Simpson

Chapter Two: ‘An overwhelming tide of disappointments and vexation’ – a case study in estate management on the island of Lewis, 1817-1837 Finlay Mckichan

Chapter Three: Public Interest or Profit? The management of the Crown owned foreshore, 1866 – 2019 John MacAskill

Section II: Agitation and Agendas of Reform

Chapter Four: Dr Gavin B. Clark, land reformer Ewen A. Cameron

Chapter Five: The rhetoric and politics of land redistribution in southern Ireland, 1919-23: national and local perspectives Terence Dooley

Chapter Five: The Liberties of the Land: Preserving the commons in England in the later 19th and early 20th centuries Ben Cowell

Section III: Legislation and its Impacts

Chapter Six: The introduction of the ‘Gregory clause’ and Ireland’s Great Famine Ciarán Reilly

Chapter Seven: Small Landholdings and Society: the legacy of small landholder legislation in the　South West　of Scotland, 1911-present day Micky Gibbard

Chapter Eight: The case for separate agricultural legislation for Wales Gwilym Owen and Nerys Llewelyn Jones

Chapter Ten: ‘The price of our loyalty?’ Ulster landlords, tenants and the Northern Ireland Land Act of 1925 Olwen Purdue

Section IV: Landowner Responses

Chapter Eleven: Landed responses to land reform in Scotland and Ireland, c.1860 to 1923 Annie Tindley

Chapter Twelve: ‘The battle of the Welsh nation against landlordism’: The response of the North Wales Property Defence Association to the Welsh Land Question, c.1886-1896 Shaun Evans

Chapter Thirteen: Under pressure? A south-west Wales estate and its response to agricultural depression, land reform and land crisis John Davies

Chapter Fourteen: From landlord to rentier – The wealth management practices of Irish landlords 1903-1933 Tony McCarthy