Name: Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress (en Inglés)
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Author: Richards, Eric
ISBN: 9781902930138

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Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Eric Richards

Editorial

Edinburgh University Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

352

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm

Peso

0.70 kg.

ISBN

9781902930138

ISBN13

9781902930138

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Patrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances: Homicide, Eviction and the Price of Progress (en Inglés)

Eric Richards (Autor) · Edinburgh University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Winner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year AwardIn April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide for his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver, the most northerly part of the Scottish highlands. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. There is perhaps no more hated nor reviled individual in Highland history. This outstanding new book, however, gives a balanced assessment of the man, a vivid account of a terrible episode in Highland history, and a riveting narration of a tormented life. Richard's book is an account of Sellar's life and times: that he was ruthless, avaricious, devious and cruel is beyond question. But his letters suggest a streak of idealism: did he really believe that the displaced highlanders would be better off, better fed, educated and housed in their new homes? Have the Highlands in the end become more productive and prosperous? In the course of his fast-moving and gripping account, Eric Richards looks carefully at these vexed questions.