Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances : homicide, eviction, and the price of progress /

"Patrick Sellar, fiercest advocate and enforcer of the Highland Clearances, is possibly the most hated man in Scottish history. It is said even now that the grass will not grow on his grave. In the first biography of Sellar ever published Eric Richards uses contemporary sources to reconstruct h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richards, Eric, 1940-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Polygon at Edinburgh, ©1999.
Temas:
Sellar, Patrick, > 1780-1851.
Sellar, Patrick, > 1780-1851
1800-1899
Land tenure > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Crofters > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Eviction > Scotland > Highlands > History > 19th century.
Crofters > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Expulsion (Droit) > Écosse > Highlands > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Crofters
Eviction
Land tenure
Sutherland (Scotland) > Biography.
Sutherland (Scotland) > History.
Highlands (Scotland) > History.
Highlands (Écosse) > Histoire.
Scotland > Highlands
Scotland > Sutherland
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Patrick Sellar, fiercest advocate and enforcer of the Highland Clearances, is possibly the most hated man in Scottish history. It is said even now that the grass will not grow on his grave. In the first biography of Sellar ever published Eric Richards uses contemporary sources to reconstruct his life and times, telling a dramatic story that will allow the reader to rejudge the man - for better or for worse."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 440 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-434) and index.
ISBN:9781474472005
1474472001

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