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The Highland Clearances
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The Definitive History of Scotland's Most Painful Chapter
Eric Richards on the events that transformed the Highlands forever
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About the Ebook
The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. This book traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s. In considering both the terrible suffering of the Highland people as well as the stark choices that faced landowners during a period of rapid economic change, it shows how the Clearances were one of many 'attempted' solutions to the problem of how to maintain a population on marginal and infertile land, and were, in fact, part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation.In drawing attention away from the mythology to the hard facts of what actually happened, The Highland Clearances offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination.Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Engage with the leading scholarly account of the Highland Clearances
- Understand the social, economic, and human cost of forced migration
- Discover how the Clearances shaped Scotland's diaspora and identity
- Read another celebrated title from Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher
Reviews
'Required reading — not to be missed for its fearless and comprehensive grasp of the past and its relevance for today.' Ileach
'Eric Richards is a fluent, lucid writer whose command of the subject makes this an authoritative and absorbing account.' Herald
'A lucid and clearly expressed history that brings clarity to one of Scotland's most emotive chapters.' Scottish Historical Review
About the Author
Eric Richards is Emeritus Professor of History at Flinders University, Australia and previously taught at Stirling University, Scotland. His published work includes an acclaimed biography of Patrick Sellar, which was awarded the prize for Scottish History Book of the Year (1999) by the Saltire Society.Publication Details
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Publication Date: 05 November 2012
Print Length: 518 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857905246
Format: Ebook
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