The Highlands And Highlanders Of Scotland
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The Scottish Highlanders and the Land Laws
Author | : John Stuart Blackie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : Crofters |
ISBN | : |
The Highlands and Highlanders of Scotland. Papers Historical, Descriptive, Biographical, Legendary, and Anecdotal
Author | : James Cromb |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2024-02-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385353998 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776
Author | : Duane Meyer |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2014-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1469620626 |
Meyer addresses himself principally to two questions. Why did many thousands of Scottish Highlanders emigrate to America in the eighteenth century, and why did the majority of them rally to the defense of the Crown. . . . Offers the most complete and intelligent analysis of them that has so far appeared.--William and Mary Quarterly Using a variety of original sources -- official papers, travel documents, diaries, and newspapers -- Duane Meyer presents an impressively complete reconstruction of the settlement of the Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migration, their life in America, and their curious political allegiance to George III.
Slaves and Highlanders
Author | : David Alston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781474427319 |
Explores the prominent role of Highland Scots in the slavery industry of the cotton, sugar and coffee plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries. Longlisted for the 2021 Highland Book Prize.
Warriors of the Word
Author | : Michael Newton |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2019-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857907670 |
An enlightening illustrated overview of Gaelic culture and history in Scotland. Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to counteract centuries of misrepresentation of the Highlands as a backwater of barbarism without a valid story of its own to tell. Warriors of the Word offers a broad overview of Scottish Highland culture and history, bringing together rare and previously untranslated primary texts from scattered and obscure sources. Poetry, songs, tales, and proverbs, supplemented by the accounts of insiders and travelers, illuminate traditional ways of life, exploring such topics as folklore, music, dance, literature, social organization, supernatural beliefs, human ecology, ethnic identity, and the role of language. This range of materials allows Scottish Gaeldom to be described on its own terms and to demonstrate its vitality and wealth of renewable cultural resources—making this an essential compendium for scholars, students, and all enthusiasts of Scottish culture.