The Scottish Clearances: A History Of Dispossessed 1600-1900 T M Devine Penguin Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

\ A Superb Book Anybody Interested In Scottish History Needs To Read It\ Andrew Marr Sunday Timeseighteenth-Century Scotland Is Famed For Generating Many Of The Enlightened Ideas Which Helped Shape Modern World But There Was Same Period Another Side Nation Scotland\ S People Were Subjected Coercive And Sometimes Violent Change As Traditional Ways Life Overturned By Rational\ Exploitation Land Use Clearances Highly Original Account This Terrible Process Changed Lowland Countryside Forever It Also Did More Infamously Old Society Highlands Based On Vast Array Sources Pioneering First Chart Tumultuous Saga One Volume With Due Attention Evictions Loss Both North South Highland Line Myths Are Exploded Familiar Assumptions Undermined Fascinating Details Sense An Epic Human Story Evocative Memorial All Whose Lives Irreparably Interests Economic Efficiency Forced Clearance Destruction Entire Communities Large-Scale Emigration Some Winners Able Adapt Exploit New Opportunities Others Who Lost Everything Created Landscape Today Came At Huge Price Σελίδες: 496 Διαστάσεις: 12 7X12 7Cm