The Making of the Crofting Community, 1746-1930
Author : James R. Hunter
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File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : James R. Hunter
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : James R. Hunter
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 1974
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Author : Richard Lawton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000390284
Originally published in 1992, this book provides students with a well-illustrated, clearly written text which offers a coherent overview of Britain’s development from a pre-modern to a modern economy and society. The key processes that have shaped the geography of modern Britain are rooted in the significant demographic, economic, technological and social transitions of the early eighteenth century, the impact of which was not fully diffused through the nation until the mid-20th Century. This country-wide survey examines the nature of this transformation. The material in the book is accessible because the book is clearly structured into 3 phases: 1740 to the 1830s; the 1830s to the 1890s and the 1890s to 1950. For each period, the principal aspects of change in population, industry, the countryside and urban life are examined, and regional examples given to support the analysis.
Author : Kenneth J. Logue
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 2003-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1788854136
'Mobbing and rioting' in late eighteenth-century Scotland was often the only recourse of the people in response to high food prices, the threat of eviction or the prospect of compulsory military service. This study of popular disturbances in the thirty-five years spanning the turn of the eighteenth century shows that rioting was not a blind or unreasoning reaction, but rather an active assertion of traditional rights and a collective appeal for just treatment. The book looks at meal mobs, riots against the Highland Clearances, the widespread anti-militia disturbances of 1797, and also riots about Church patronage, politics and industrial action. The concluding chapter draws various themes together and examines the composition of crowds in the period, the role of women in disturbances, the use of handbills before and during riots, and leadership, organisation and forms of action of the crowd. Kenneth J. Logue makes full use of a range of source material: the records associated with the administration of Scottish criminal justice, Home Office documents and numerous newspapers and periodicals.
Author : University of London. Institute of Historical Research
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Page : 486 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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Publisher : Institute of Historical Research
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Education
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Author : Raine Morgan
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,91 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
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Page : 886 pages
File Size : 21,96 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Dissertations, Academic
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Author : Christopher A. Whatley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780719045417
This book challenges conventional wisdom and provides new insights into Scottish social and economic history. Christopher A. Whatley argues that the Union of 1707 was vital for Scottish success, but in ways which have hitherto been overlooked. He proposes that the central place of Jacobitism in the historiography of the period should be revised. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book is based not only on an exhaustive reading of secondary material but also incorporates a wealth of new evidence from previously little-used or unused primary sources.
Author : Eric Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1000081613
First published in 1982, A History of the Highland Clearances looks at the forcible clearance of tenants from land they had farmed for centuries by landlords in the Highlands of Scotland in the early nineteenth century. It examines the general context of historical change, provides a full narrative of the clearances and offers a critical evaluation of the documentary sources upon which the entire story depends. By placing his subject in its historical perspective and into the context of the rest of Britain and Europe, Eric Richards vividly illustrates the realities of the Highland experience in the age of the clearances.