Clans and Clearances Volume 1 by Alwyn Edgar has just been released (having been started in 1963) and reviewed in Socialist Standard and Socialist Studies
http://highlandclearances.com/
Clans and Clearances Volume 1 by Alwyn Edgar has just been released (having been started in 1963) and reviewed in Socialist Standard and Socialist Studies
http://highlandclearances.com/
Tom Devine's latest book 'The
Tom Devine's latest book 'The Scottish Clearances: A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900' and his previous 'Clearance and Improvement' argue that the clearances were Scottish wide, and not just Highland. Indeed, while there were regional differences, clearances, evictions and enclosures were UK wide.
People tend to overlook the
People tend to overlook the plantation of Ulster when the Union of the Crowns facilitated the expulsion of those recalcitrant Border reiver families.
Id like to know if this has
Id like to know if this has had any impact on the mainstream history?
jondwhite wrote: Id like to
jondwhite
What do you by "this"?
Clans and clearances vol 1
Clans and clearances vol 1
jondwhite wrote: Clans and
jondwhite
It's only just been published. So no.
https://socialist-courier.blo
https://socialist-courier.blogspot.com/2016/07/primitive-accumulation-1967-how-they.html
Alwyn Edgar's article Primitive Accumulation - How they got the Scottish Highlands
From the September 1967 issue of the Socialist Standard
Others from our Glasgow/Edinburgh blog on the topic
Clearing away the Scots
https://socialist-courier.blogspot.com/2012/05/clearing-away-scots.html
The Crofters War
https://socialist-courier.blogspot.com/2012/05/crofters-wars.html
Will there be a print
Will there be a print edition?
jondwhite wrote: Will there
jondwhite
Yes. Hopefully by the end of the year. If not, soon after.
If anyone's interested the
If anyone's interested the hardback can now be preordered:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Q7FsoFNzU/
https://www.facebook.com/TheoryAndPracticePublishing/photos/a.1285106898200274/2509779222399696/?type=3&theater
This is a must-read.
This is a must-read. Recommended it to our neighbors as well.