Download or read book Improvement and Romance written by Peter Womack and published by Springer. This book was released on 1989-06-18 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An attempt to trace the origins of the romantic image of the Highlands, by examining the economic, military and ideological circumstances of the region's subjugation by the British state. It combines literary criticism and cultural history to produce a case study of the making of the myth.