{"product_id":"rev-james-fraser-16341709-a-new-perspective-on-the-scottish-highlands-before-culloden-9781399501279","title":"Rev. James Fraser, 1634-1709: A New Perspective on the Scottish Highlands Before Culloden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis book studies the revealing autobiographical sources left by Rev. James Fraser of Kirkhill ({PHONE}), a Gaelic-speaking scholar, traveler, and minister. It examines Fraser's self-presentation and situates him within his locality, Scotland, the British Isles, and Europe, also incorporating recent historiography to provide a more comprehensive presentation of the social, economic, and cultural trajectories of the early modern Highlands. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 248 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 January 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReveals the Scottish Highlands as a dynamic and intellectual region in the century before Culloden\u003cbr\u003eChallenges the assumption that the Highlands comprised a vacuum,sealed off from the rest of Scotland and the world beyond prior to the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003eSituates Fraser within his locality,his region,country,archipelago and continent in a way unparalleled by any other contemporary example\u003cbr\u003eExamines the self-presentation and self-curation of an energetic,curious,mobile Gaelic-speaking man\u003cbr\u003eThis book studies the revealing autobiographical sources left by Rev. James Fraser of Kirkhill ({PHONE}), a Gaelic-speaking scholar, traveler, and minister. It examines Fraser's self-presentation and situates him within his locality, Scotland, the British Isles, and Europe, also incorporating recent historiography to provide a more comprehensive presentation of the social, economic, and cultural trajectories of the early modern Highlands.\u003cbr\u003eDavid Worthington focuses on the Scottish Highlands' strong engagement with Europe and early entanglement with empire. He challenges the assumption that the north Highlands, in particular, was sealed off from the rest of the world before Culloden and he identifies the agency, vitality, and resilience of the people of the Highlands prior to the peripheralization, depopulation, and under-development that then occurred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 434g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 241 x 161 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399501279\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Worthington","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44249554845946,"sku":"9781399501279","price":75.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1684502744520_book.jpg?v=1684840848","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/rev-james-fraser-16341709-a-new-perspective-on-the-scottish-highlands-before-culloden-9781399501279","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}