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Eric Richards The Highland Clearances (Paperback). 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. Further DetailsTitle: The Highland Clearances Condition: New Description: 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. Author: Eric Richards EAN: 9781780273846 Edition: New edition ISBN: 9781780273846 Format: Paperback Item Height: 195mm Item Length: 130mm Item Width: 35mm Genre: History Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Publisher: Birlinn Ltd Release Date: 06/06/2016 Item Weight: 471g Release Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
