Description
About the Author
Dr EUGENE COSTELLO is Lecturer in Environmental History at the Radical Humanities Laboratory in University College Cork, Ireland.
Reviews
Costello's wide-ranging research and incisive analysis on transhumance makes a valuable contribution to historical archaeology not just in Ireland, but in a wider European context...The great achievement of this book is that it brings to the fore a people and a way of life that has not been fully appreciated in Irish settlement studies hitherto, surely a commendable achievement. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW *
Costello's splendid opus . . . is highly worthwhile for an interdisciplinary readership and at the same time is a groundbreaking work for future cross-disciplinary research on the diversity of transhumance in Northwestern Europe and beyond. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY *
An exemplar of how historical landscapes should be studied, and informs our wider understanding of how social and economic processes played out in different regions. * LANDSCAPE HISTORY *
This is a remarkable study in terms of its chronological sweep, its use of diverse sources and its multi-disciplinary approach to the past. * IRISH HISTORICAL STUDIES *
He makes a sensitive study of these landscapes drawing on archaeology, placenames, oral tradition, historic documents, and soil science. * ESTUDIOS IRLANDESES *
"Costello's well-presented and beautifully published study is a welcome addition to the increasing literature on transhumance" * BEALOIDEAS: JOURNAL OF THE FOLKLORE OF IRELAND SOCIETY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781783275311
Author Eugene Costello
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g