Urban Highlanders : Highland-Lowland migration and urban Gaelic culture, 1700-1900 /

Urban Highlanders : Highland-Lowland migration and urban Gaelic culture, 1700-1900 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Withers, Charles W. J.
Imprint:	East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland : Tuckwell Press, 1998.
Description:	xvi, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Migration, Internal -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Migration, Internal -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century. City and town life -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. City and town life -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century. Scottish Gaelic language -- Social aspects. Highlands (Scotland) -- Civilization. City and town life. Civilization. Migration, Internal. Scottish Gaelic language -- Social aspects. Social conditions Scotland -- Civilization -- 18th century. Scotland -- Civilization -- 19th century. Scotland -- Social conditions. Scotland. Scotland -- Highlands. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4376603

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ISBN:	1862320403 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	xvi, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
ISBN:	1862320403