Eric Richards
Author
Publisher
Islands Book Trust
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Eric Richards, author of several well-known books on the Highland Clearances, re-examines many examples of factorial behaviour from different parts of the region. He puts the Highland Estate Factors in perspective and explains their notoriety.
Author
Publisher
Birlinn
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
New edition.
Language
English
Description
The standard image of the Highland Clearances is of brutal eviction, of burning, starvation and barren wastes. This new book tracks the origins of the Clearances from the 18th century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1890s.