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The history of the Highland clearances

Mackenzie, Alexander, b.18381997
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The tragedy of the Clearances, brought about by cynical, often absentee landlords, is a black page in Scotland's history. Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's history brings the distress before the reader.
Main title:
The history of the Highland clearances / by Alexander Mackenzie.
Edition:
[New ed.] / foreword by John Prebble.
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Mercat, 1997.
Collation:
xxix, 528p. ; 19 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Containing a reprint of Donald MacLeod's "Gloomy memories of the Highlands"; Isle of Skye in 1882; and a verbatim report of the trial of the Braes crofters.This ed. originally published: s.l.: s.n., 1979.
ISBN:
9780901824967 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.314115941.1081
Language:
English
BRN:
1986350
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