
The Making of the Crofting Community
James Hunter(Author)
Origin (Publisher)
Published on 12. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-912476-32-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book has been seminal in bringing to the fore the injustices that have been inflicted on the Highlands in the name of government and landlord - injustices often lost in the name of dry statistics and academic balance.
Written by a man who has gone on to become both an award-winning historian of the Highlands and a leading figure in the public life of the region, The Making of the Crofting Community has attracted praise, inspired debate, and provoked outrage and controversy over the years. This book remains necessary to challenge standard academic interpretations of the Highland past. Having long been one of the classics of Birlinn's John Donald list, this revised and updated new edition includes a substantial new preface and an extensive reworking of the existing text.
Written by a man who has gone on to become both an award-winning historian of the Highlands and a leading figure in the public life of the region, The Making of the Crofting Community has attracted praise, inspired debate, and provoked outrage and controversy over the years. This book remains necessary to challenge standard academic interpretations of the Highland past. Having long been one of the classics of Birlinn's John Donald list, this revised and updated new edition includes a substantial new preface and an extensive reworking of the existing text.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
8 Plates, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912476-32-9 (9781912476329)
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Person
James Hunter is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of the Highlands and Islands and was its first Director of the Centre for History. He is the author of the award-winning Set Adrift Upon the World (Saltire Society History Book of the Year, 2016).