{"product_id":"the-highland-clearances-by-eric-richards-9781780273846","title":"The Highland Clearances","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first documented study of one of Scotland's most emotive subjects for many years. It traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s, showing how the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEric Richards describes the appalling conditions and treatment suffered by the Highland people, yet at the same time illustrates how difficult the choices were that faced even the most benevolent landlords in the face of rapid economic change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy drawing attention away from the mythology to the hard facts of what actually happened, \u003cem\u003eThe Highland Clearances\u003c\/em\u003e offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination, the historical legacy of which still lies unresolved in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559033782508,"sku":"9781780273846","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780273846-the-highland-clearances.jpg?v=1776927672","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-highland-clearances-by-eric-richards-9781780273846","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}