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PUBLISHER: Birlinn General

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9781862320611

RRP: £20.00

PAGES: 288

PUBLICATION DATE:
January 1, 1999

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In Scotland the potato harvest has been the last large-scale agricultural process to be completely mechanized. Until recently, it was undertaken by a large number of people, from servants to school children. This text examines that work in an area of Scotland famous for its potato growing.

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