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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.
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A documented study of Scotland's most emotive subjects. It traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s, showing how the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation.
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Eric Richards is a fluent, lucid writer. --The Herald
Required reading ... not to be missed for its fearless and comprehensive grasp of the past and its relevance for today. --Ileach
An informative account devoid of the bias that has clouded the subject. --Scottish Field
Required reading ... not to be missed for its fearless and comprehensive grasp of the past and its relevance for today. --Ileach
An informative account devoid of the bias that has clouded the subject. --Scottish Field
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- PublisherBirlinn Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1841585424
- ISBN 13 9781841585420
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- Number of pages486
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