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Lädt ... Set Adrift Upon the World: The Sutherland Clearancesvon James Hunter
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. "The clearances were at the behest of the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford (later to become the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland) to make way for large scale sheep farming. Those removed from the land would have the option of much smaller crofts on the fringes of the Sutherland Estate that would be unsustainable on their own without other income streams. Much indeed as crofting has become today. Many of those evicted instead moved to Caithness or further afield to Canada for the prospect of larger holdings on which to make a living." http://croftinglawblog.com/book-review-set-adrift-upon-the-world-the-sutherland-... Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Winner of Saltire Scottish History Book of the Year 2016They would be better dead, they said, than set adrift upon the world. But set adrift they were - thousands of them, their communities destroyed, their homes demolished and burned.Such were the Sutherland Clearances, an extraordinary episode, involving the deliberate depopulation of much of a Scottish county. What was done in the course of that episode was planned and carried out by a small group of men and one woman. Most of those involved wrote a great deal about their actions, intentions and feelings, and much of it has been preserved. There are no equivalent collections of material from those whose communities ceased to exist. Their feelings and fears are harder to access, but they are by no means irrecoverable.In this book James Hunter tells the story of the Sutherland Clearances. His researches took him to archives in Scotland, England and Canada, to the now deserted straths of Sutherland, to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. The result is a gripping, moving, definitive account of a people's struggle for survival in the face of tragedy and disaster which includes experiences which have not featured in any previous such account. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The arrangement of the book is mildly irritating, lacking a chronological or other organisational basis, by the end, the author successfully conveys the history, causes and impacts of the clearances in the Sutherland domain. The author focuses on small individuals and how lives were adversely impacted by the imperious actions of the great landowners. While the content seems to be impeccably researched, and the author tries hard to be impartial, there is no doubting his personal judgement on the actions of the Duchess and her family and staff. It's a dark period in Scottish history, and the passage of time hardly diminishes the cruelty of the powerful. ( )