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OverviewThe Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. Acute famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands at the same time, causing misery, hardship and distress. The story of that lesser known human disaster is told in this prize-winning and internationally acclaimed book. The author describes the classic themes of highland and Scottish history, including the clearances, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration in a subtle and intricate reconstruction based on a wide range of sources. This book should appeal to all those with an interest in Scottish history, the emigration of Scottish people and the Highland Clearances. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom M. DevinePublisher: John Donald Publishers Ltd Imprint: John Donald Short Run Press Edition: Reissue Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781910900505ISBN 10: 1910900508 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 02 September 2021 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews'This book is a major step forward in Highland historiography' * Northern Scotland * 'Devine's history is total, sensitive and scholarly with something to say to anthropologists, sociologists and humanists as well as historians' * Choice USA: A Current Review for College Libraries * Author InformationSir Tom Devine is the Sir William Fraser Professor Emeritus of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author or editor of more that forty books on Scottish historical studies and related fields. The only historian to be knighted by HM The Queen 'for services to the study ofScottish history', he has been described byThe Times newspaper 'as close to a national bard as the nation has'. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |