Open AccessLand and the “Crofter Question” in Nineteenth-Century Scotland
Author(s) -
Andrew G. Newby
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international review of scottish studies/international review of scottish studies.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-5763
pISSN - 1923-5755
DOI - 10.21083/irss.v35i0.1069
Subject(s) - surprise , history , context (archaeology) , balance (ability) , term (time) , geography , archaeology , sociology , psychology , physics , communication , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The scale and rapidity of the outbreak of land agitation in the Scottish Highlands in the 1880s took many onlookers by surprise, reflecting a general perception in Britain of the Highlanders as loyal and, in the decades following the suppression of the Jacobites, 'pacified'. This article sets the events of 1880s into a longer-term context, and examines the balance between 'internal' and 'external' forces on the development of the 'Crofters' War'.