Landscapes of Protest research team have a new article in the most recent issue of Rural History
The research team on our Leverhulme Trust funded project, Landscapes of Protest, have a new article available in the most recent issue of Rural History, published by Cambridge University Press.
To date, histories of protest in the Highlands and Islands have been largely limited to the study of dramatic and large-scale events driven by issues of possession of and access to land after 1850 in the crofting counties of the north-west of the region. Experiences of agrarian improvement and the economic and social transformations of the ‘first phase of clearance’ between 1750 and 1820 have meanwhile stressed the apathy of the Highlander, who passively, if reluctantly, accepted his new lot.
The article, 'Genealogies of protest and resistance in the Scottish Highlands and islands after 1750', provides a review and critique of the literature on Scottish protest. It concludes with some reflections on future research agendas and calls for a return to the archives of the everyday and a focus on alternative protest repertoires beyond that of protest against clearance.
You can read the full article on Open Access in the most recent issue of Rural History.