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The Highland Clearances
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Author : John Prebble
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1982-03-25
The Highland Clearances written by John Prebble and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-03-25 with History categories.
In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation or, evicted from the glens to make way for sheep, were forced to emigrate to foreign lands. ‘Mr Prebble tells a terrible story excellently. There is little need to search further to explain so much of the sadness and emptiness of the northern Highlands today’ The Times.
The History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : Alexander Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher: Mercat Press Books
Release Date : 1883
The History Of The Highland Clearances written by Alexander Mackenzie and has been published by Mercat Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The tragedy of the Clearances, brought about by cynical, often absentee landlords, is a black page in Scotland's history. Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's history brings the distress before the reader.
The Scottish Clearances
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Author : T. M. Devine
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-10-04
The Scottish Clearances written by T. M. Devine and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with History categories.
'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional ways of life were overturned by the 'rational' exploitation of land use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the old society of the Highlands. Based on a vast array of original sources, this pioneering book is the first to chart this tumultuous saga in one volume, with due attention to evictions and loss of land in both north and south of the Highland line. In the process, old myths are exploded and familiar assumptions undermined. With many fascinating details and the sense of an epic human story, The Scottish Clearances is an evocative memorial to all whose lives were irreparably changed in the interests of economic efficiency. This is a story of forced clearance, of the destruction of entire communities and of large-scale emigration. Some winners were able to adapt and exploit the new opportunities, but there were also others who lost everything. The clearances created the landscape of Scotland today, but it came at a huge price.
The Highland Clearances
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Author : Eric Richards
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2012-11-05
The Highland Clearances written by Eric Richards and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-05 with History categories.
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.
A History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : Eric Richards
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-05
A History Of The Highland Clearances written by Eric Richards and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-05 with History categories.
First published in 1985, A History of the Highland Clearances: Volume 2 explores the various types of communal and intellectual responses, contemporary and retrospective, to the experience of the clearances. The first section considers the legacy of the two hundred years’ debate about the Highland problem and the place of the clearances therein. The second section assesses the scale, range and timing of the emigrations of the Highlanders, as well as some of the motivations. The third section contemplates the direct popular response to the clearances, the collective memory and the tradition of physical resistance. The fourth section is about the career, trial and reputation of Patrick Sellar, which together embodied much of the social history, ruling ideas, and the necessary mythology of the clearances. The final section considers the fundamental economic problem of the Highlands in the age of the clearances, and the moral and economic alternatives that faced the community, the landlords, and the nation.
The Highland Clearances
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Author : John Prebble
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1969
The Highland Clearances written by John Prebble and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Business & Economics categories.
In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation or, evicted from the glens to make way for sheep, were forced to emigrate to foreign lands. �Mr Prebble tells a terrible story excellently. There is little need to search further to explain so much of the sadness and emptiness of the northern Highlands today� The Times.
The History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : Alexander MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-08-01
The History Of The Highland Clearances written by Alexander MacKenzie and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-01 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : Eric Richards
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-05
A History Of The Highland Clearances written by Eric Richards and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-05 with History categories.
First published in 1982, A History of the Highland Clearances looks at the forcible clearance of tenants from land they had farmed for centuries by landlords in the Highlands of Scotland in the early nineteenth century. It examines the general context of historical change, provides a full narrative of the clearances and offers a critical evaluation of the documentary sources upon which the entire story depends. By placing his subject in its historical perspective and into the context of the rest of Britain and Europe, Eric Richards vividly illustrates the realities of the Highland experience in the age of the clearances.
History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : ALEXANDER. MACKENZIE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
History Of The Highland Clearances written by ALEXANDER. MACKENZIE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The History Of The Highland Clearances
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Author : Alexander Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-27
The History Of The Highland Clearances written by Alexander Mackenzie and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-27 with History categories.
The History of the Highland Clearances, Altered and Revised is a historical documentation authored by Alexander Mackenzie. This book delves into one of Scotland's most controversial periods, offering a comprehensive insight into the forced evictions and migrations of the Highlanders. Mackenzie's meticulous research and empathetic narrative voice bring to life the stories of those affected, making it a poignant read for anyone seeking to understand the depths of Scottish history.