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The Highland Clearances
Eric Richards
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Description for The Highland Clearances
Paperback. This book is recognised as a definitive work on the Highland Clearances. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8pp b/w plates, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 39. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birlinn General
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780273846
SKU
V9781780273846
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About Eric Richards
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.
Reviews for The Highland Clearances
'Eric Richards is a fluent, lucid writer'
Herald
'required reading ... not to be missed for its fearless and comprehensive grasp of the past and its relevance for today'
Ileach
Herald
'required reading ... not to be missed for its fearless and comprehensive grasp of the past and its relevance for today'
Ileach