10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROFTING»
Discover the use of
crofting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
crofting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In this new era, information technology is now removing the isolation which has so often been the crofters greatest burden. This book is a concise guide to the history, working methods and future outlook for this unique way of life.
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Night Falls on Ardnamurchan: The Twilight of a
Crofting Family
Since its first publication in 1984, Night Falls on Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community.
It is a storehouse of cultural, linguistic and moral values which holds together a scattered and struggling rural population. This book fills a blank in the written history of crofting over the last two centuries.
THE CROFTING POPULATION The total population of the seven Highland
counties at the time of the 1951 Census was 285,667 (which was 5-6 % of the
population of Scotland). Of these, nearly 100,000 live in the towns and larger
villages, ...
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Land, faith and the
crofting community: Christianity and ...
This book probes the deep-rooted links between the land, the people and the religious culture of the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the nineteenth century.
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The Making of the
Crofting Community
This book has been seminal in bringing to the fore the injustices that have been inflicted on the Highlands in the name of government and landlord—injustices often lost in the name of dry statistics and academic balance.
This book gives a comprehensive account of the history and development of crofting from earliest times, of the Clearances and struggle for crofting rights, and of crofting in the twentieth century in times of economic difficulty and ...
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Managing Scotland's Environment
crofting buyouts - crofters forming trusts to buy their land and bring it under
community control. The trail was blazed by the Assynt crofters in 1993 (MacAskill,
1999), and several other communities have followed suit (Section 3.3.3). The
1992 ...
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Making of the
Crofting Community
This book remains necessary to challenge standard academic interpretations of the Highland past.
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The Claim of
Crofting: The Scottish Highlands and Islands, ...
Scotland's crofters have had to fight hard to retain both their land and their way of life.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROFTING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
crofting is used in the context of the following news items.
Tog dog for new Crofting Commission chair
A three-year-old black and white bitch, Tweeddale Kim, from Dean Aitken, of Lockerbie was sold for £3,000 gns in Skipton last week to new ... «Island News & Advertiser, Jul 15»
MP meets farmers in Parliament
“It was also good to be able to meet with representatives from the Scottish Crofting Federation who are making their voice heard and putting ... «Stornoway Gazette, Jul 15»
Cauliflower creak to be loudest in years
That has prompted calls from the Scottish Crofting Federation to consider making emergency payments to crofters in the Highlands and Islands ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
The ferry arrives at Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Picture: Alamy Source …
We head for a more modest 3km trail through native oak woodland to a long-abandoned crofting village overlooking Loch Fyne. The forest is ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
Kennedy is crofters' choice
COLL CROFTER Colin Kennedy has been elected by his fellow Crofting Commissioners as the new convenor of the Crofting Commission. «The Scottish Farmer, Jul 15»
Island geese control progress
"It is key that the crofting and farming community here continue to support and facilitate that shooting effort if we are to achieve our aims by April ... «The Scottish Farmer, Jul 15»
Majority of proposals to cut red tape in farming accepted by …
... Brian Pack, chief executives of Sepa, SNH, the Crofting Commission and Forestry Commission Scotland. Two non-executives, in addition to ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
Isle of Coll crofter selected as new Crofting Commission convener
A crofter from the island of Coll has been elected as the new convener of the Crofting Commission. Colin Kennedy, who was elected a ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
Battle continues to keep Inverness vet disease centre open
Both Mr Stewart and the Scottish Crofting Federation urged producers to sign an online petition to stop the centre's closure at ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
Retelling an old yarn in Shetland
“The oil industry hit hard in the 1970s. Crofters all went into oil. You can't blame them, it's good money but crofting is a way of life our forefathers ... «The National, Jun 15»
