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Urban Highlanders Charles W. J. Withers

Urban Highlanders By Charles W. J. Withers

Urban Highlanders by Charles W. J. Withers


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This text offers a full-scale examination of the out-movement of migrant Highlanders from the Highlands to the urban Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries and of the migrant culture of urban Gaels within this new urban context.

Urban Highlanders Summary

Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900 by Charles W. J. Withers

This text offers a full-scale examination of the out-movement of migrant Highlanders from the Highlands to the urban Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries and of the migrant culture of urban Gaels within this new urban context. It follows work by the author on the historical geography of the Gaedhealtachd, the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland. The author demonstrates through the use of maps, tables and detailed archival analysis how, at what time, and in what numbers Highlanders moved to the Lowlands, what cultural expression they gave to their new Lowland location and to the development of a Gaelic migrant culture in the towns and cities of urban Lowland Scotland.

About Charles W. J. Withers

Charles W.J. Withers is Professor Emeritus and former Ogilvie Chair of Geography at the University of Edinburgh. Between 2015 and 2022, he was Geographer Royal for Scotland, the first in 118 years. His books include Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian (2017) and, as co-author, the prize-winning Scotland: Mapping the Nation (2011).

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GOR004329048
9781862320406
1862320403
Urban Highlanders: Highland-Lowland Migration and Urban Gaelic Culture, 1700-1900 by Charles W. J. Withers
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Birlinn General
1998-12-02
220
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