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''A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it'' Andrew Marr, Sunday TimesEighteenth-century
Scotland is famed for generating many of the
enlightened ideas which
helped to shape the modern world. But there was
in the same period
another side to the history of the nation. Many of
Scotland''s people
were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent
change, as traditional
ways of life were overturned by the ''rational''
exploitation of land
use. The Scottish Clearan...ces is a superb and
highly original account of
this sometimes terrible process, which
changed the Lowland countryside
forever, as it also did, more
infamously, the old society of the
Highlands.Based on a vast
array of original sources, this
pioneering book is the first to chart
this tumultuous saga in one
volume, with due attention to evictions and
loss of land in both north
and south of the Highland line. In the
process, old myths are exploded
and familiar assumptions undermined.
With many fascinating details and
the sense of an epic human story, The Scottish Clearances is an
evocative memorial to all whose lives were irreparably changed in the
interests of economic efficiency.This
is a story of forced
clearance, of the destruction of entire
communities and of large-scale
emigration. Some winners were able to
adapt and exploit the new
opportunities, but there were also others who
lost everything. The
clearances created the landscape of Scotland today,
but it came at a
huge price.Více...

Produkt je výrobek značky Penguin ,distribuovaný s EAN kódem 9780141985930.

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