Set adrift upon the world : the Sutherland Clearances /: the Sutherland Clearances. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Hunter.
• Authors: Hunter, James, 1948-
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Map 1: Northern Scotland; Map 2: Eastern Sutherland; Map 3: North America; Map 4: Manitoba; Some actors in the clearance drama; Introduction; 1 'Inhuman treatment'; 2 'Tribes that never saw Europeans before'; 3 'There should be blood'; 4 'Open and determined resistance'; 5 'Damned savages from Scotland'; 6 'When among wolves, howl!'; 7 'A most destructive and murderous fire'; 8 'He would be a very cruel man who would not mourn for the people'; 9 'A combination among the better sort' 10 'To find out and punish the leaders of the people'11 'Aborigines of Britain'; 12 'The year of the burnings'; 13 'Law is one thing and humanity may be another'; 14 'To seek shelter in some more propitious quarter of the world'; 15 'Indelible characters on the surface of the soil'; Appendix: Jessie and Gordon Ross; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Birlinn
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.314; Land tenure -- Scotland -- Sutherland -- History -- 19th century; Forced migration -- Scotland -- Sutherland -- History -- 19th century; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Emigration and immigration; Forced migration; Land tenure; Social conditions; Sutherland (Scotland) -- History -- 19th century; Sutherland (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Sutherland (Scotland) -- Emigration and immigration; Scotland -- Sutherland; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857902627; 0857902628
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 13, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.