The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Great Highland Famine: Hunger, Emigration and the Scottish Highlands in the Nineteenth Century Book

The Great Hunger", in 19th-century Ireland was one of the great human tragedies of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the..."Read More

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    The story of this lesser-known human tragedy is now told for the first time in this prize-winning and internationally acclaimed book. The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was one of the great human tragedies of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. At the same time, actue famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands and cused much misery, hardship and distress there. The story of that lesser-known human tragedy is now told for the first time. T M Devine provides an unusually detailed account of the classic themes of Highland and Scottish history, including clearance, land-lordism, crofting life, emigration and migration which provides a subtle and intricate reconstruction of Highland history.

  • 190460742X
  • 9781904607427
  • T.M. Devine
  • 27 March 2008
  • John Donald Short Run Press
  • Paperback (Book)
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