The Making of the Crofting CommunityDonald, 1976 - 309 pages |
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... distinguished Culloden from previous reverses , however , was the fact that it was merely an overture to a massive assault on the social and political institutions of clanship . In 1746 and in the years that followed clansmen - Jacobite ...
... distinguished Culloden from previous reverses , however , was the fact that it was merely an overture to a massive assault on the social and political institutions of clanship . In 1746 and in the years that followed clansmen - Jacobite ...
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... distinguished by equity , harmony and plenty . Until 1745 , accord- ing to Dr. Charles Cameron , the Liberal M.P. who was one of the crofting community's earliest parliamentary advocates , ' the cultivators of the soil had a proprietary ...
... distinguished by equity , harmony and plenty . Until 1745 , accord- ing to Dr. Charles Cameron , the Liberal M.P. who was one of the crofting community's earliest parliamentary advocates , ' the cultivators of the soil had a proprietary ...
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... distinguished by the council's allotments committee's conclusion that the cottars ' claims should be met and by the council's landlord members ' determination that no allotments should be conceded , and ending in 1899 when the question ...
... distinguished by the council's allotments committee's conclusion that the cottars ' claims should be met and by the council's landlord members ' determination that no allotments should be conceded , and ending in 1899 when the question ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginnings of Crofting 18001820 | 15 |
A Redundant Population 18211844 | 34 |
Copyright | |
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