The forced removal of family farmers across the Scottish Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries is chronicled in this enlightening social history. The Scottish

'A superb book ... Anybody interested in Scottish history needs to read it' Andrew Marr, Sunday Times Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many o

Social and economic changes included an increase in production of food and raw materials, in turn sustaining the remarkable growth of towns and cities over this

"Through examination of various attitudes in the press, the author also presents the major issues debated in the newspapers relating to the Highlands, with some

A comparative approach to the American Indians and Scottish Highlanders, this book examines the experiences of clans and tribal societies, which underwent paral