James Hunter (1) (1948–)
Autor de A Dance Called America: The Scottish Highlands, the United States and Canada
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Obras de James Hunter
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1948
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK
- Ocupaciones
- freelance historian
- Organizaciones
- Highland and Islands Enterprise
University of the Highlands and Islands - Premios y honores
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 16
- Miembros
- 378
- Popularidad
- #63,851
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 63
- Idiomas
- 3
The arrangement of the book is mildly irritating, lacking a chronological or other organisational basis, by the end, the author successfully conveys the history, causes and impacts of the clearances in the Sutherland domain. The author focuses on small individuals and how lives were adversely impacted by the imperious actions of the great landowners. While the content seems to be impeccably researched, and the author tries hard to be impartial, there is no doubting his personal judgement on the actions of the Duchess and her family and staff. It's a dark period in Scottish history, and the passage of time hardly diminishes the cruelty of the powerful.… (más)