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The little general and the Rousay crofters : crisis and conflict on an Orkney estate /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomson, William P. L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : John Donald, 2000, ©1981.
Subjects:
Traill-Burroughs, Frederick William, > 1831-1905.
Landlords > Scotland > Rousay > Biography.
Crofters > Scotland > Rousay > History > 19th century.
Social conflict > Scotland > Rousay > History > 19th century.
Administration of estates > Scotland > Rousay > History > 19th century.
Traill-Burroughs, Frederick William, > 1831-1905
Administration of estates.
Crofters.
Landlords.
Social conflict.
Scotland > Rousay.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Homecoming, 1870
  • The family in India
  • Early development of the estate
  • The age of improvement
  • The Quandale and Westness clearances
  • Lucknow
  • Rousay society in the years of prosperity, 1870-1883
  • Rack-renting
  • Money problems and the financing of improvement
  • The Napier Commission
  • Trouble in Rousay
  • Support for the crofters
  • The Crofters Act
  • The war against the crofters
  • Rousay divided
  • Rousay churches
  • The school board affair
  • Finale.