The Lowland Clearances: Scotland's Silent Revolution 1760 - 1830

by Andrew Cassell and Peter Aitchison

The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were not unique. The process began in the Scottish Lowlands nearly a century before, when tens of thousands of people - significantly more than were later exiled form the Highlands - were moved from the land by estate owners who replaced them with livestock or enclosed fields of crops.These Clearances undeniably shaped the appearance of the Scottish landscape as it is...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912476851
• ISBN13: 9781912476855
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Origin
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"