The Highland Clearances by John Prebble
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In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnifi...
View full detailsThe Scottish Highland Clearances in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries have been featured in movies, paintings and fiction. Everybody thinks they know what happened in Sutherland or the Western Isles but non-fiction studies by academics such as Eric Richards and Tom Devine reveal an insight into both the positive and negative aspects of this period of Scottish History.
In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnifi...
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View full detailsHistory of the Highland Clearances By author: Alexander Mackenzie
An examination of the political background to the period of Scottish history surrounding the Highland Clearances. Illustrated with artwork and phot...
View full detailsWinner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year Award In April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable h...
View full detailsEric Richards author of several well-known books on the Highland Clearances re-examines many examples of factorial behaviour from different parts o...
View full detailsThe Debating the Highland Clearances (Debates and Documents in Scottish History) provides an explorative look into this controversial eviction. Ha...
View full detailsFirst published in 1883, MacKenzie's History of the Highland Clearances has remained in print to the present times. John Prebble wrote "...it has b...
View full detailsThis second part of "The Strathnaver Trilogy" describes the fulfilment of the anti-Gaelic, anti-Mackay policy of the House of Sutherland, under whi...
View full detailsEric Richards author of several well-known books on the Highland Clearances re-examines many examples of factorial behaviour from different parts o...
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