LEADER 03595nam 2200517 450 001 9910812267703321 005 20220914182658.0 010 $a1-4744-7200-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781474472005 035 $a(CKB)4100000010674015 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6141789 035 $a(DE-B1597)614658 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781474472005 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010674015 100 $a20200620h20121999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPatrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances $ehomicide, eviction, and the price of progress /$fEric Richards 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cPolygon at Edinburgh,$d2012. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 440 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-902930-13-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 428-434) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tList of Maps and Plates --$tPreface and acknowledgements --$tMaps --$t1 The Tears of Patrick Sellar --$t2 Elgin Days, 1780-1809 --$t3 Colonising Sutherland and the Dazzling Plans of 1809 --$t4 The Installation --$t5 The New Clearances, 1811-12 --$t6 'The People's folly': Kildonan and Assynt, 1813 --$t7 Sellar and the Strathnaver Removals, 1814-15 --$t8 Mackid's Precognition in Strathnaver, May 1815 --$t9 Sellar Concussed --$t10 Trial and Retribution --$t11 The Dismissal --$t12 Famine and the Final Clearances --$t13 Heir to the Straths in the 1820s --$t14 Sellar in his Prime --$t15 Rational Principles --$t16 The Frame of Society --$t17 Death, Denunciation and Posterity --$t18 The Tears of Progress --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aWinner of the Saltire Society Scottish History Book of the Year AwardIn April 1816 Patrick Sellar was brought to trial in Inverness for culpable homicide for his treatment of the Highlanders of Strathnaver, the most northerly part of the Scottish highlands. In the process of evicting them from their ancient lands he had allegedly burnt houses, destroyed mills and wrecked pastures. There is perhaps no more hated nor reviled individual in Highland history.This outstanding new book, however, gives a balanced assessment of the man, a vivid account of a terrible episode in Highland history, and a riveting narration of a tormented life.Richard's book is an account of Sellar's life and times: that he was ruthless, avaricious, devious and cruel is beyond question. But his letters suggest a streak of idealism: did he really believe that the displaced highlanders would be better off, better fed, educated and housed in their new homes? Have the Highlands in the end become more productive and prosperous? In the course of his fast-moving and gripping account, Eric Richards looks carefully at these vexed questions. 606 $aLand tenure$zScotland$zHighlands$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCrofters$zScotland$zHighlands$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEviction$zScotland$zHighlands$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aSutherland (Scotland)$vBiography 607 $aSutherland (Scotland)$xHistory 607 $aHighlands (Scotland)$xHistory 615 0$aLand tenure$xHistory 615 0$aCrofters$xHistory 615 0$aEviction$xHistory 676 $a941.15073092 700 $aRichards$b Eric$f1940-2018.$01635098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812267703321 996 $aPatrick Sellar and the Highland Clearances$94114865 997 $aUNINA