Author: William Cheyne-MacphersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Chiefs of Clan Macpherson
Author: William Cheyne-MacphersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Chiefs of Grant
Author: Sir William FraserHistory of the Clan Macpherson, from the Reign of Malcolm III., King of Scotland, A.D. 1056, to the Year 1770. [Extracted from “The Baronage of Scotland” by Sir Robert Douglas, Bart.]
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Author: A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans
Author: James BrowneThe Rule of the Clan
Author: Mark S. WeinerPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466836385
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
A revealing look at the role kin-based societies have played throughout history and around the world A lively, wide-ranging meditation on human development that offers surprising lessons for the future of modern individualism, The Rule of the Clan examines the constitutional principles and cultural institutions of kin-based societies, from medieval Iceland to modern Pakistan. Mark S. Weiner, an expert in constitutional law and legal history, shows us that true individual freedom depends on the existence of a robust state dedicated to the public interest. In the absence of a healthy state, he explains, humans naturally tend to create legal structures centered not on individuals but rather on extended family groups. The modern liberal state makes individualism possible by keeping this powerful drive in check—and we ignore the continuing threat to liberal values and institutions at our peril. At the same time, for modern individualism to survive, liberals must also acknowledge the profound social and psychological benefits the rule of the clan provides and recognize the loss humanity sustains in its transition to modernity. Masterfully argued and filled with rich historical detail, Weiner's investigation speaks both to modern liberal societies and to developing nations riven by "clannism," including Muslim societies in the wake of the Arab Spring.
A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans
Author: James BrownePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385109191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
From Chiefs to Landlords
Author: Robert A. DodgshonPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474467784
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
This new approach to Highland history before the Clearances draws attention to little-studied yet important economic and social processes within the Highland clan system and argues that we should consider the problems of traditional Highland society, economy and environment together. Exploring how the different aspects of the clan system - chiefs and kinsmen, landlords and tenants, farming systems, production strategies and marketing - changed between the 16th-18th centuries, it shows how the character and ideology of clans and chiefdoms are inextricably part of the twin problems of socio-political control and food production. Shifting the emphasis away from depictions of Highland society as lawless and disorganised, this is a welcome antidote to the many romanticised views of pre-Clearance society. Prize Winner! Honorable Mention - Frank Watson Scottish History Prize 1999
The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
Author: Frank AdamPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806304480
Category : Clans
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Given by Eugene Edge III.
A Private Empire
Author: Stephen FosterPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742668925
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
A Private Empire explores Britain's imperial past through the eyes and experiences of a single family. Historian Stephen Foster focuses on the Macphersons of Blairgowrie in Scotland, who recorded their private and public lives through five generations in an extraordinary archive of letters, documents and diaries. Elegantly presented with contemporary paintings and photographs, A Private Empire tells an intimate story of ambition and frustration, love and deception, wisdom and folly, pride and shame, passion and restraint, an attachment to place, an affection for kin-all set against the grand shifting background of Britain's imperial rule. 'In a world overpopulated by self-indulgent family histories, A Private Empire is that rarity which makes one keep reading to find out what happened to its cast of strangers.' Stephen Wilks, The Canberra Times 'A remarkably impressive book. The story he tells is an extraordinary one; indeed if it were written in the fictional genre of the family saga you would think he was stretching credulity.' Professor Stuart Macintyre, AO 'Superbly researched and wonderfully revelatory.' Professor John Mackenzie, The Scotsman 'An enthralling read and an important piece of history.' Undiscovered Scotland
Author: Alexander MacPherson