This article follows the recent trend of adopting a comparative approach in the
historiography of the Land Question. Some studies have sought to compare the land …

Abstract The Scottish Highlands, in stark contrast to Ireland, were drawn into an anglicised
world centred on the powerful economy of Lowland Scotland. Existing historiography …

At the now famous meeting held in Irishtown, Co. Mayo, in April 1879—generally recognised
as the first major public demonstration in the Irish Land War—John Ferguson, Ulster-born …

The historian of the Scottish land question has to tread a careful line between emphasising
distinctiveness and recognising the generic elements of the problem. Indeed, a plausible …

The scale and rapidity of the outbreak of land agitation in the Scottish Highlands in the
1880s took many onlookers by surprise, reflecting a general perception in Britain of the …

The comparisons are tempting, but need to be set in a context of certain contrasts between
the two regions: landlord-tenant relations in Scotland were complicated by the enduring …

I am grateful to my supervisors, Dr Andrew Newby and Dr Michael Brown, for their
encouragement, support and advice. Their feedback on numerous draft chapters and on …

Based on archival work in England, Scotland, the United States, Canada and Australia, my
dissertation expands the traditional purview of diplomatic history into the international …

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Bibliography covers articles dealing with periodicals in the period 1800-1914, culled from …