Old Ways New Roads
Travels in Scotland 1720â1832
- 240 pages
- English
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Old Ways New Roads
Travels in Scotland 1720â1832
About This Book
In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. Aimed at pacifying some of her more inaccessible regions and containing the Jacobite threat, General Wade's new roads were designed to replace 'the old ways' and 'tedious passages' through the mountains. Over the next few decades, the laying out of these routes opened up the country to visitors from all backgrounds. After the 1760s, soldiers, surveyors and commercial travellers were joined by leisure tourists and artists, eager to explore Scotland's antiquities, natural history and scenic landscapes, and to describe their findings in words and images.In this book a number of acclaimed experts explore how the Scottish landscape was variously documented, evaluated, planned and imagined in words and images. As well as a fascinating insight into the experience of travellers and tourists, it also considers how they impacted on the experience of the Scottish people themselves.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Writing the Scottish Tour 1720â1830
- Section 1. The Theatre of War
- Section 2. Antiquities
- Section 3. Custom and Improvement
- Section 4. Picturesque Prospects and Literary Landscapes
- Bibliography
- Photograph Credits
- Index