{"product_id":"highlanders-9781476693125","title":"Highlanders","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Rebellion was recurrent in the Highlands because the Gaels (Scoti) were an often-oppressed indigenous minority in the nation, Scotland, to which they gave their name. They spoke a language, Gaelic, few outsiders would learn, and had their own family and social system, the clans. Warfare was bloody, culminating in the catastrophe of Culloden Moor during the doomed quest to restore the Stuart kingship to all of Britain. Economic hardship, including the near-genocidal Clearances, in which tenant farmers were replaced with sheep, drove the Gaels from the glens and islands, so that most today live in the diaspora, including millions in North America. Although the Gaels lack a single genetic identity, they clearly draw from distinct roots in the Irish, Norse and Picts. Despite their hardship, the Gaels are also presented in romantic portrayals by the artistic elite of other nations. This book offers ways in which the reader might find roots and ancestry in unfamiliar terrain. Chapters \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author has scoured hundred of arcane tomes and dozens of hard-to-reach archives to fill out a compelling, detailed nuanced story of a marginalized and frequently misrepresented people. But he wears his learning lightly. The reader is thankful that he often takes into account popular perceptions and mis-perceptions. Like cleaning up the distortions of history to be found in Mel Gibson's \u003ci\u003eBraveheart\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Douglas Brode, author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare in the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To plumb the identity an elusive ethnicity with mixed antecedents, the author burrows through a dozen layers of relationships between the Highlands and Ireland. They begin with shared ancient artifacts that predate the arrival of Celtic languages. The Scottish Gaelic and Irish languages both derive from Old Irish despite many distinct differences. Citations of links to Ireland appear all though \u003ci\u003eHighlanders\u003c\/i\u003e because the story cannot be told without knowing the Irish contributions.\"—Maureen O'Rourke Murphy, past-president, American Conference for Irish Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Highland history is so remote from us that when persons emerge from the mist they look like ciphers in a folktale. MacKillop seizes these names for us, like Somerled the founder of dynasties, Colkitto the warrior, and the several Lords of the Isles, and puts flesh on them. They made noise and affected lives. So too with Gaelic poets usually known by their nicknames, Rob Donn or Iain Lom. Their verses were memorized and recited for generations.\"—Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of \u003ci\u003ePope Joan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Limits of Genealogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on the Words \"Celt\" and \"Celtic\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Foundations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteWhere Are the \"Highlands\"?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deletePeopling the Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deletePrehistoric Testimony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Scots\/Gaels: Ethnogenesis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Picts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteIreland and the Highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Norse in the Highlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Scottish Gaelic Language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Medieval Highlands and Islands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Hammer of the Norse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Lordship of the Isles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Rise of the Clans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteEnumeration, Rivalries, an Alliance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteFeuds and Forays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Seventeenth Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteOne King, Two Kingdoms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteWars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639–1651\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteA \"Bald\" Poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteDeparture of the Stuarts: The First Three Decades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The Dreary Eighteenth Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteHighland Society Before Culloden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Jacobites, 1745–1746\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteMisery and Emigration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Romantic Amelioration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteImposture in Badenoch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteIndigenous Voices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deletePoetic Admirers from the Outside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteAbbotsford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Sett That Expresses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteA Royal Patroness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteAway from Balmoral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. After Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteSheep Over People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Blight of the Tubers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Great Disruption of 1843\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteMightier Than a Lord\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteThe Comic Highlander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e delete deleteSuas Leis a' Ghàidhlig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoda: Known Up Close Then Seen from Afar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary: Persons, Places, Vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040520503639,"sku":"9781476693125","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476693125.jpg?v=1750947001","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/highlanders-9781476693125","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}