Lowland Clearances - Scotland''s Silent Revolution 1760 - 1830

Informationen zum Autor Peter Aitchison is the author of Children of the Sea: The Story of the Eyemouth Disaster (Tuckwell Press, 2001) and co-author, with Andrew Cassell of The Lowland Clearances (Tuckwell Press, 2003) Klappentext The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were not unique. The process began in the Scottish Lowlands nearly a century before, when tens of thousands of people were moved from the land by estate owners who replaced them with livestock or enclosed fields of crops. This book tells that forgotten story. Zusammenfassung The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland’s past but they were not unique. The process began in the Scottish Lowlands nearly a century before, when tens of thousands of people were moved from the land by estate owners who replaced them with livestock or enclosed fields of crops. This book tells that forgotten story.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Aitchison, Peter Cassell Aitchison, Andrew Cassell
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2019
• EAN: 9781912476855
• ISBN: 978-1-912476-85-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories