Highland Clearances

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Informationen zum Autor Eric Richards is a professor of history at Flinders University in Adelaide. His published work includes an acclaimed biography of Patrick Sellar, Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress , which was awarded the 1999 prize for Scottish History Book of the Year by the Saltire Society. Klappentext The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. In drawing attention away from the mythology to the hard facts of what actually happened, The Highland Clearances offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination. Zusammenfassung The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland. In drawing attention away from the mythology to the hard facts of what actually happened, The Highland Clearances offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination.