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In the nineteenth century many of the inhabitants of the Highland glens were cleared out, often by forcible eviction, to make way for a more profitable tenant--the Great Cheviot sheep. Families had to leave the homes where they had lived for generations. Thousands emigrated over the ocean in the hope of a better life. The tragedy of the Clearances, brought about by cynical, often absentee landowners, is a black page in Scotland's history. The effects of it are still being felt in Scotland--and in the countries where the unwilling migrants settled. Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's impassioned History brings the distress of the age unforgettably before the reader.
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"An important book... an indispensable source for a very black chapter in our history." -- P.H. Scott, Books in Scotland
"Few books evoke so pungently the spirit of those desperate times." -- Scotland on Sunday
"[A] vivid and impassioned narration... An irreplaceable primary source for the historian and general reader alike." -- Scottish Book Collector
"Few books evoke so pungently the spirit of those desperate times." -- Scotland on Sunday
"[A] vivid and impassioned narration... An irreplaceable primary source for the historian and general reader alike." -- Scottish Book Collector
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- PublisherMercat Pr
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0901824968
- ISBN 13 9780901824967
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages528
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