The Highland Clearances: People, Landlords, and Rural Turmoil - Couverture souple

Richards, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841580406 ISBN 13 : 9781841580401

Editeur : Birlinn Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

In this account of the Highland Clearances of the 18th century, Eric Richards draws attention to the brutal evictions as being one amongst many solutions to the problem of maintaining marginal and unfertile land and reasserts that as we enter the 21st century, we have yet to find a solution.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Eric Richards describes the appalling conditions and treatment suffered by the Highland people, yet at the same time illustrates how difficult the choices were that faced even the most benevolent landlords in the face of rapid economic change. The Clearances were the most rugged and painful of many attempted 'solutions' to the problem of those who maintain a population on marginal and infertile land. In drawing attention away from the mythology or the hard facts of what actually happened, this book offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination, the historical legacy of which still lies unresolved in the twenty-first century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Eric Richards is 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Birlinn Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841580406
• ISBN 13: 9781841580401
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible