The Great Hunger in nineteenth-century Ireland was a major human tragedy of modern times. Almost a million perished and a further two million emigrated in the wake of potato blight and economic collapse. Acute famine also gripped the Scottish Highlands at the same time, causing misery, hardship and distress. The story of that lesser known human disaster is told in this prize-winning and internationally acclaimed book.

The author describes the classic themes of highland and Scottish history, including the clearances, landlordism, crofting life, emigration and migration in a subtle and intricate reconstruction based on a wide range of sources. This book should appeal to all those with an interest in Scottish history, the emigration of Scottish people and the Highland Clearances.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Tables
• Contents
• Figure
• Maps
• 1. A Vulnerable Society: the Western Highlands and Islands, c.1800-1846
• 2. Anatomy of the Potato Famine
• 3. The Demographic Consequences
• 4. The Landed Classes
• 5. The Provision of Relief
• 6. Temporary Migration
• 7. Clearances
• 8. The Pattern of Migration and Emigration
• 9. Coercion and Emigration: the Isle of Lewis, 1846-1890
• 10. Emigration, Social Change and Economic Recovery: the Isle of Tiree, 1760-1890
• 11. Emigration to Australia: the Highland and Island EmigrationSociety, 1851-1859
• 12. Impact and Aftermath: the Western Highlands and Islands, 1850-1890
• Appendix 1: Crofting and Farming Parishes, Argyll, Inverness, Rossand Sutherland
• Appendix 2: Potato Crop Reports, 1848-1856
• Appendix 3: West Highland Cattle Prices, 1845-1853
• Appendix 4: West Coast and Hebridean Fisheries, 1845-1849
• Appendix 5: Reports of Sickness and Disease, Highland Districts, 1846-1854
• Appendix 6: Highland Applications Made Under the Drainage Act, 1846-1847
• Appendix 7: Removals and Land Consolidation, Highland Parishes, before 1845
• Appendix 8: Numbers 'Temporarily Absent' at Census, HighlandParishes, 1841-1861
• Appendix 9: Temporary Migration and the Crofting Region: ParishPatterns in the 1840s
• Appendix 10: Assisted Emigration by Highland Landowners, 1846-1856
• Appendix 11: Principal Evictions in the Highlands, 1846-1856
• Appendix 12: Cattle Stocks in Crofting Districts, c.1851
• Bibliography
• Index