
Northern Scotland
Volume 8
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 15. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-4744-2437-0 (ISBN)
Description
Considers historical, cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to Northern Scotland.
Northern Scotland is an established scholarly journal that has been in existence since 1972. It is a fully peer-reviewed publication whose editorial board, contributors, reviewers and referees are drawn from a wide range of experts across the world. While it carries material of a mainly historical nature, from the earliest times to the modern era, it is a cross-disciplinary publication, which also addresses cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to the Highlands and Islands and the north-east of Scotland. This issue looks at a wide range of topics, including satire, the Highland clearances, Alexander Mackenzie and diaspora. Combining a range of articles from a variety of experts, this issue seeks to explore the history and culture of northern Scotland.
Key Features
Considers issues of social change, colonialism, emigration and migration.Provides fresh readings of Northern Scotland's established history.Contributors are drawn from a wide range of experts across the world.
Northern Scotland is an established scholarly journal that has been in existence since 1972. It is a fully peer-reviewed publication whose editorial board, contributors, reviewers and referees are drawn from a wide range of experts across the world. While it carries material of a mainly historical nature, from the earliest times to the modern era, it is a cross-disciplinary publication, which also addresses cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to the Highlands and Islands and the north-east of Scotland. This issue looks at a wide range of topics, including satire, the Highland clearances, Alexander Mackenzie and diaspora. Combining a range of articles from a variety of experts, this issue seeks to explore the history and culture of northern Scotland.
Key Features
Considers issues of social change, colonialism, emigration and migration.Provides fresh readings of Northern Scotland's established history.Contributors are drawn from a wide range of experts across the world.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-2437-0 (9781474424370)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Alistair Macdonald is Mackie Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen. Jim MacPherson is Programme Leader for MLitt British Studies, Postgraduate Research Co-Ordinator and Lecturer in History at The Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.
Editor
Mackie Lecturer in HistoryUniversity of Aberdeen
Programme LeaderUniversity of the Highlands and Islands_x000D_
Content
ARTICLES
Satire and Social Change: The Bard, the Schoolmaster and the DroverEllen L. Beard
Colonialism and the Highland ClearancesIain MacKinnon
'Quite destitute and ... very desirous of going to North America': The Roots and Repercussions of Emigration from Sutherland and CaithnessMarjory Harper
'The Clach': Alexander Mackenzie and the Land Question in the Late-Nineteenth Century Highlands and IslandsBen Thomas
REVIEW ESSAY
The Scots Abroad: Recent Approaches to Migration, Diaspora and IdentityD. A. J. MacPherson
Satire and Social Change: The Bard, the Schoolmaster and the DroverEllen L. Beard
Colonialism and the Highland ClearancesIain MacKinnon
'Quite destitute and ... very desirous of going to North America': The Roots and Repercussions of Emigration from Sutherland and CaithnessMarjory Harper
'The Clach': Alexander Mackenzie and the Land Question in the Late-Nineteenth Century Highlands and IslandsBen Thomas
REVIEW ESSAY
The Scots Abroad: Recent Approaches to Migration, Diaspora and IdentityD. A. J. MacPherson