The Highland Clearances : people, landlords and rural turmoil / Eric Richards
- Bib ID:
- 7422261
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Richards, Eric, 1940-2018, author
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Description:
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- Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2016
- xvii, 486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781780273846 ((pbk.))
- 1780273843 ((pbk.))
- Summary:
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"In the first documented study of one of Scotland's most emotive subjects for many years, this book traces the origins of the Clearances from the 18th century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s. This process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation, and Eric Richards describes the appalling conditions and treatment suffered by the Highland people. At the same time, however, he also illustrates how difficult the choices were that faced even the most benevolent landlords in the face of rapid economic change."--Amazon website.
- Notes:
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- Previous edition: 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Crofters -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History
- Land tenure -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 18th century
- Land tenure -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century
- Farm tenancy -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 18th century
- Farm tenancy -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century
- Eviction -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 18th century
- Eviction -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century
- Forced migration -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 18th century
- Forced migration -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century
- Highlands (Scotland) -- Economic conditions
- Highlands (Scotland) -- Emigration and immigration
- Highlands (Scotland) -- History -- 18th century
- Highlands (Scotland) -- History -- 19th century
- Scotland -- Highlands
- Australian
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2088 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2018
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
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