Famine in Scotland - the 'Ill Years' of the 1690s / / Karen Cullen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cullen, Karen,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Scottish Historical Review Monographs : SHRM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Abbreviations --; Glossary of Terms --; Acknowledgements --; County Map of Scotland --; Introduction --; Chapter one. Scotland’s Seven Ill Years: Contexts and Debates --; Chapter two. Climate, Weather and Agriculture: The Making of a Famine --; Chapter three. There Arose a Dearth – The Grain Market in Crisis --; Chapter four. Providing for the Destitute --; Chapter five. Famine: The Demographic Disaster --; Chapter six. Fleeing the Famine: Migration and Emigration --; Conclusion --; Appendix: Poor Assessment --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748641840; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748641840?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Karen Cullen.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748638871);This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland, the nature and extent of the crisis which ensued, and what the impact of the famine was upon the population in demographic, economic and social terms. The 'Ill Years', during the nadir of the Little Ice Age, were ones of widespread famine across Europe and economic disaster in Scotland. However, current published knowledge about the causes, extent and impact of the famine in Scotland is limited and many conclusions have been speculative in the absence of extensive research. This is the first full study of the famine, providing a unique scholarly examination of the causes, course, characteristics and consequences of the crisis. Using detailed examination of agricultural, climatic and demographic issues, the book seeks to establish answers to the fundamental question concerning the event. How serious was it? Using detailed statistical and qualitative analysis, Karen J. Cullen discusses the regional factors that defined the famine, the impact on the population, and the interconnected causes of this traumatic event. "