1st Edition
White Settlers The Impact of Rural Repopulation in Scotland
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1996. Feelings about the repopulation of remote rural areas are nowadays expressed in rather alarming terms, so that in the word of a Skye land-owner: 'the filling of empty glens with people, regardless of origin, is dangerous...because it can destroy the ancient culture which is so precious'. Yet it is remarkable that the depopulation which characterized the previous centuries... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Meanings of Counterstream Migration in Scotland; Chapter 2 The Problem of Rural Depopulation; Chapter 3 Changing Places; Chapter 4 Incomers and Locals; Chapter 5 Contested Landscapes; Chapter 6 Crofting, Sustainability and the Highland Future; Chapter 7 In-Migration and Community Empowerment;
Biography
Charles Jedrej, Mark Nuttall
