Wild Scots : four hundred years of Highland history /
Fry, Michael,1947-
London : John Murray,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-366) and index.
Bang it out bravely : the union of the crowns, 1603-1625 -- Jesus and no quarter : civil war, 1625-1660 -- Powerless before the Campbells : restoration and revolution, 1660-1692 -- I am no stranger to misfortune : the Jacobite rising of 1715 -- The little fire! : Highland Calvinism in the eighteenth century -- Run, you cowardly Italian! : the Jacobite rising of 1745 -- Like so many infuriated demons : Highlands in the empire, to 1776 -- Love Scotland better than truth : Gaelic culture after 1745 -- A nation no longer : improvement and emigration, to 1776 -- Seats of oppression : eviction and development, to 1800 -- The rage of improvements : eviction and development, to 1830 -- Very vulgar and gaudy : the revival of Highland culture -- "I'm proud of my country" : the Disruption of 1843 -- One prolonged note of desolation : eviction and development, 1830-1885 -- Don't live starving where you are : contested culture, 1850-1885 -- The great grievance : the Crofters Act, 1886 -- Fancy dreams : the crofting system, 1900-1945 -- A golden wine : modern Highland culture -- A great outdoor laboratory : economic revival, 1945-1999 -- The land's for the people : the Highlands under devolution -- Envoi -- Key characters -- Chronology.