Beyond the Highland Line: Highland History and CultureConstable, 1991 - 236 pagini An historical and cultural guide to the Scottish Highlands, embracing the early Pictish inhabitants up to the present day. The author examines such topics as the history of the clans, depopulation and emigration, the tourist trade, and highland ecology. |
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... population . In 1750 an unofficial but probably fairly accurate estimate gave a population of 337 , 038 , and the first official census of 1801 returned a figure of 381,576 . By 1841 the figure had risen to 472,487.20 The subsistence ...
... population . In 1750 an unofficial but probably fairly accurate estimate gave a population of 337 , 038 , and the first official census of 1801 returned a figure of 381,576 . By 1841 the figure had risen to 472,487.20 The subsistence ...
Pagina 172
... population growth counteracted the attrition of emigration , but from then onward the population of the Highlands and Islands began an absolute decline from which it has never recovered . It has been estimated that between 1850 and 1950 ...
... population growth counteracted the attrition of emigration , but from then onward the population of the Highlands and Islands began an absolute decline from which it has never recovered . It has been estimated that between 1850 and 1950 ...
Pagina 192
... population speakers population 1881 3,735,573 231,594 6.2 1891 4,025,647 43,738 1.1 210,677 5.2 1901 4,472,103 28,106 0.6 202,700 4.5 1911 4,760,904 18,400 0.4 183,998 3.9 1921 4,573,471 9,829 0.2 148,950 3.3 1931 4,588,909 6,716 0.1 ...
... population speakers population 1881 3,735,573 231,594 6.2 1891 4,025,647 43,738 1.1 210,677 5.2 1901 4,472,103 28,106 0.6 202,700 4.5 1911 4,760,904 18,400 0.4 183,998 3.9 1921 4,573,471 9,829 0.2 148,950 3.3 1931 4,588,909 6,716 0.1 ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Alasdair Alasdair MacColla Alexander ancient Angus Óg Argyll army Balliol battle became best-dressed Highlander Bishop Caledonians Campbell cattle Celtic Celts chiefs Christian Church Clan Donald clansmen crofters crown Dalriada David defeated descendants drovers Duke Earl earldom Edinburgh eighteenth century England English feudal followed Gaelic Gaels Glen Gordon Gordon Donaldson Grant and Cheape Hebrides Highland dress Highland Line Highland regiments Highlands and Islands History I.F. Grant Ibid Inverness Iona Ireland Irish Islay Jacobite Jacobite Rising James VI James VII John kilt kindred King of Scots kingdom Kintyre land later Loch Lord Lordship Lowland MacDonald MacGregor MacKenzies MacPherson Malcolm Malcolm MacHeth Mór Moray nineteenth century Norse Orkney Ossian Pictish Picts plaid poem possession Prince Charles Edward Queen Roman Ross royal Scotland Scottish sheep Skye society Somerled Statutes of Iona Stewart stone Stuart survived Sutherland symbols tartan tenants tradition victory warriors Western Isles