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Prebble's obituary in the Daily Telegraph said "he was often accused of ignoring economic factors in his analysis of social change, but his books, though unashamedly partisan, were based on thorough research". [4] Tom Devine reports the opinion of historians that Prebble's Highland Clearances was under-researched and lacking in critical ...
Prebble, John (1963) The Highland Clearances, Secker & Warburg. ISBN 978 0140028379 (This is the seminal work that brought the subject to modern attention. Later historical work corrects and challenges many points in this book.) Richards, Eric (2000). The Highland Clearances: People, Landlords and Rural Turmoil, Birlinn Books. ISBN 978 1 78027 ...
In 1846, the Highland Potato Famine caused a crisis in the Highlands and the islands of Western Scotland, an area already struggling with overpopulation [2] [3] [4] and the upheavals of the Highland Clearances. The deaths from starvation were so high that, in 1848–1849, the government delivered shipments of oatmeal to locations along the ...
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Pages in category "Highland Clearances" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. ... John Gordon (soldier) H. Hielanman's Umbrella;
A similar point is made is this less reliable source: "2nd Bn. 95th Rifles: The Highland Company of the 95th Rifles but it quotes John Prebble, The Highland Clearances (Penguin, 1963) p.148. So the point about the Highland Clearances and the use of coercion that something that needs to be emphasised more in the article.--
This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet and settlements in Scotland, that were cleared during the 18th and 19th centuries as part of the Highland Clearances. The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over more than a hundred years. [1]
He was a major tenant of the Sutherland estate, and he continued an extensive correspondence with them over the details of his tenancy. Further clearances added to his property in 1819, but he was specifically forbidden to take any part in the clearance activity. [1]: 230-232 Sellar died in Elgin in 1851 and is buried in Elgin Cathedral.