Wild Scots
Subtitle: four hundred years of Highland history
By: Michael Fry
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780739484524
Subjects: Social conditions; Civilization; History
Other titles: Four hundred years of Highland history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bang it out bravely : the union of the crowns, 1603-1625; title: Jesus and no quarter : civil war, 1625-1660; title: Powerless before the Campbells : restoration and revolution, 1660-1692; title: I am no stranger to misfortune : the Jacobite rising of 1715; title: The little fire! : Highland Calvinism in the eighteenth century; title: Run, you cowardly Italian! : the Jacobite rising of 1745; title: Like so many infuriated demons : Highlands in the empire, to 1776; title: Love Scotland better than truth : Gaelic culture after 1745; title: A nation no longer : improvement and emigration, to 1776; title: Seats of oppression : eviction and development, to 1800; title: The rage of improvements : eviction and development, to 1830; title: Very vulgar and gaudy : the revival of Highland culture; title: "I'm proud of my country" : the Disruption of 1843; title: One prolonged note of desolation : eviction and development, 1830-1885; title: Don't live starving where you are : contested culture, 1850-1885; title: The great grievance : the Crofters Act, 1886; title: Fancy dreams : the crofting system, 1900-1945; title: A golden wine : modern Highland culture; title: A great outdoor laboratory : economic revival, 1945-1999; title: The land's for the people : the Highlands under devolution; title: Envoi; title: Key characters; title: Chronology.