The Highland Clearances : people, landlords and rural turmoil /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Richards, Eric, 1940-2018
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2000.
Subjects:	Crofters > Scotland > Highlands > History. Farm tenancy > Scotland > Highlands > History > 18th century. Farm tenancy > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century. Land tenure > Scotland > Highlands > History > 18th century. Land tenure > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century. Eviction > Scotland > Highlands > History > 18th century. Eviction > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century. Highlands (Scotland) > Economic conditions. Crofters > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire. Baux ruraux > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 18e siècle. Baux ruraux > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle. Expulsion (Droit) > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 18e siècle. Expulsion (Droit) > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle. Crofters. Economic history. Eviction. Farm tenancy. Land tenure. Scotland > Highlands. Verdrijving. Ontvolking. 1700-1899 History.

Table of Contents:

G1. The Distant Coronach
2. Classic Highland Clearances: Glencalvie and Strathconan
3. The Highland Clearances and Rural Revolution
4. Parallels and Precedents
5. The Quiet March of the Sheep
6. The Insurrection of 1792
7. The Aftermath and the Widening Sheep Empire
8. Clearing Sutherland: Lairg, Assynt and Kildonan 1807-13
9. Sensation in Stathnaver 18 14-16
10. The Greatest Clearances: Strathnaver and Kildonan in 1818-19
11. The Last of the Sutherland Clearances
12. Sweeping the Highlands: The Middle Years
Lewis, Rum, Harris, Freswick and Strathaird (Skye)
13. Colonel Gordon, Barra and the Uists
14. Trouble in the Islands: The Macdonald Estates in North Uist, Benbecula and Skye
15. Frustrated Lairds and Bloody-Minded Crofters: Lewis, Durness and Coigach
16. Landlords Unrestrained: Knoydart and Greenyards
17. Nervous Landlords, 1855-86
18. The Crofters' First Triumph
19. The Highland Clearances: Answers and Questions.