Debating the Highland clearances / Eric Richards.
Storm clouds always gather over the story of the Highland Clearances. The eviction of the Highlanders from the glens and straths of the Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland still causes great historical dispute more than a century after the events. The Highland Clearances also generated a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | Debates and documents in Scottish history.
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| Summary: | Storm clouds always gather over the story of the Highland Clearances. The eviction of the Highlanders from the glens and straths of the Highlands and Islands of the north of Scotland still causes great historical dispute more than a century after the events. The Highland Clearances also generated a great deal of contemporary controversy and documentation. The record comes in diverse forms and with radically different provenances, offering excellent material for exercises in historical analysis and selection. Debating the Highland Clearances introduces the Highland Clearances as a classic histo. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748629589 0748629580 9780748672141 0748672141 |