The People’s Clearance: Highland Emigration to British North America, 1770-1815
J. M. Bumsted
This is a revisionist account of the first phase of Highland Scottish emigration to Canada. With "improving landlords" threatening tradititonal social and cultural life in the Highlands, the author argues that many of the more affluent Highlanders - the tacksmen and substantial tenants - emigrated of their own accord. The book contains lists of every known vessel carrying emigrants plus every known passenger list of the period, and should prove a valuable source book for any work on the Clearances.
Kategorie:
Rok:
1984
Wydawnictwo:
Edinburgh University Press
Język:
english
Strony:
305
ISBN 10:
0852244193
ISBN 13:
9780852244197
Plik:
PDF, 8.09 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1984