Island on the Edge of the World - The Story of St Kilda

For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth century the islands were discovered by missionaries, do-gooders and tourists, who brought with them money, disease and despotism. In 1930, the few remaining islanders were evacuated, no longer able to support themselves. An exploration of the life and death of the remote Hebridean society, Island on the Edge of the World is a moving account of human endeavour.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles MacLean
• Con la collaborazione di: Margaret Buchanan (Postfazione), Buchanan Margaret (Postfazione)
• Editore: Canongate Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781786896100
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-610-0
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Serie: The Canons; Canons
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; European History, Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, natural history, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands