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This classic account of the events which shaped the modern Highlands was written by a man who has gone on to become a leading figure in the public life of that region. Now, James Hunter, as well as revising his original text, has prefaced his first book (a book which helped make land reform a major issue) with an extensive explanation of why it was, and is, necessary to challenge standard academic interpretations of the Highland past. For twenty-five years.

The Making of the Crofting Community has been attracting praise and provoking outrage in almost equal measure. Its author has always identified with the people whose lives were shattered by the Landlords responsible for the Highland Clearances. His book's new and hard-hitting preface will fuel renewed debate about those tragic - and still contentious -happenings.