Description
| Product ID: | 9780140028379 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Highland Clearances |
| Authors: | Author: John Prebble |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Environmental management, Social & cultural history, Environmental management, Scotland |
| Description: | In the terrible aftermath of the battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Offering a reconstruction of Culloden, the author recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation. In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs. Following his magnificent reconstruction of Culloden, John Prebble recounts how the Highlanders were deserted and then betrayed into famine and poverty. While their chiefs grew rich on meat and wool, the people died of cholera and starvation or, evicted from the glens to make way for sheep, were forced to emigrate to foreign lands. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1973-05-31 |
