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Abstract
This article identifies the social and cultural history of the early modern tidal water ferry, its skippers and passengers, by way of evidence from a northern Scottish rural coast. Evidence from the region’s ‘firthlands’ reveals an amphibious communications network which transformed gradually prior to the early nineteenth century. The article argues that the defining local topography of coastal adjacency both influenced, and was influenced by, the people who lived their lives within and around it. A system of short range communications over and between the estuaries and firths is highlighted from a Coastal Hisory perspective, leading to the examination of a ‘pluriactive’ microhistorical space, linking south-east Sutherland, the eastern edges of Easter Ross and the Black Isle and the Nairnshire seaboard. The article thereby opens up possibilities for comparison with other peoples, places and periods, in which being ‘alongshore’ was integral to rural community construction, coalescence, dynamism and friction.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-148 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Rural History |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 14 Sept 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31 Oct 2016 |
Keywords
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David Worthington
- Centre for History - Professor of History, Head of the Centre for History
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The Multilingual Minister: Languages in the Life-writing of Scottish Highland Scholar and Traveller, Rev. James Fraser (1634-1709)
David Worthington (Invited speaker)
22 Sept 2022Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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Rev. James Fraser, the Highlands and Europe in the Century before Culloden
David Worthington (Invited speaker)
24 Mar 2022Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
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The Institute of Historical Research's 'Coastal Connections' webinars
David Worthington (Member of programme committee)
1 Jan 2021 → 30 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference