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A History of the Highland Clearances

A History of the Highland Clearances

Eric Richards

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Historia
ISBN:
9780367514501
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First published in 1982, A History of the Highland Clearances looks at the forcible clearance of tenants from land they had farmed for centuries by landlords in the Highlands of Scotland in the early nineteenth century.

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