Estate and the Country House in Scotland, circa 1700

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A Case Study of Sir William Bruce’s Hopetoun House

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

1 429 kr

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Using Hopetoun House as a case study, this book studies the intertwined relationship between land management, estate development and country house construction in the early decades of the eighteenth century.The book shows that in revitalising ancient landscapes and maximising their productivity and profitability, landowners transformed the landscape through improvement. Making use of the rich and extensive collection of private archives at Hopetoun House, alongside materials from national archives, the book traces how Scotland’s societal structure was transformed as the new consumer capitalist paradigm shift emerged. The country house was interwoven into this nascent phenomenon.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieScotland's Land
Antal sidor272
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399552783

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Charlotte Abney Bassett is an Independent Historian with particular interest in rural Scottish history and the British Atlantic World. She received her PhD in the History of Art from University of Edinburgh. She worked closely with Peter Burman and the volunteer archivist team at Hopetoun House Papers Trust, located onsite at Hopetoun House, during her years of research for her thesis. While completing her doctorate and teaching history of art at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina, she published in Georgian Group Journal (2018 and 2021), Journal for Scottish Historical Studies (2020), and Studies in Arts and Humanities Journal (2019). She was elected as a fellow to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in April 2024.

List of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgements1. Introduction: What is a country house in Scotland?Part I: The House2. Introducing the Hopes3. When and How Was Hopetoun House Built?4. “Upstairs”: The Design of Aristocratic Spaces at Hopetoun House5. “Downstairs”: The Offices Serving Hopetoun HousePart II: The Estate6. Lead-Mining and the Lead Industry in Scotland, 1680-17807. Income, Improvement and the Agricultural Landscape on the Hopetouns’ Estate8. The Agricultural Landscape of Hopetoun House9. The Estate, The Landscape and Hunting at Hopetoun House..Conclusion: A Paradox of Labour and LeisureBibliographyIndex