Title Land, faith and the crofting community : christianity and social criticism in the Highlands of Scotland, 1843-1893 / Allan W. MacColl.

Publication Info.	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2006]
	©2006

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Description	1 online resource (vii, 240 pages).
Series	Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 14
	Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 14.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-233) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Allan W. MacColl describes the role of the churches in the Scottish Highlands and Islands in the aftermath of the clearances and up to the end of the Crofting Wars.
Contents	Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Free Course of Providence: Presbyterian Social Thought in the Age of Disruption and Destitution; CHAPTER TWO A Peculiar People: Highland Religion and Identity; CHAPTER THREE 'The Crofters' War': Genesis 1880-3; CHAPTER FOUR The Escalation of Agitation; CHAPTER FIVE Politics, Presbyteries and 'The Prophet'; CHAPTER SIX 'The Crofters' War': Disunity and Disorder 1886-8; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Subject	Church and social problems -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century.
	Crofters -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century.
	Land reform -- Scotland -- Highlands -- History -- 19th century.
	Highlands (Scotland) -- Church history -- 19th century.
	Highlands (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Land reform.
	Church and social problems.
	History.
	Crofters.
	RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
	RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
	HISTORY -- General.
	Church and social problems. (OCoLC)fst00860491
	Crofters. (OCoLC)fst00883877
	Land reform. (OCoLC)fst00991280
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Scotland -- Highlands. (OCoLC)fst01242015
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: MacColl, Allan W. Land, faith and the crofting community. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006 0748623825 9780748623822 (DLC) 2006404458 (OCoLC)63399193
ISBN	9780748626748 (electronic bk.)
	0748626743 (electronic bk.)

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