Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920

Annie Tindley is Professor of British and Irish Rural History at Newcastle University and Head of the School of History, Classics & Archaeology. Her work interrogates land issues in the modern period including ownership, management and reform. In 2015 she established and became the first director of the Centre for Scotland's Land Futures, an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary research centre, and is the series editor for Scotland's Land, an interdisciplinary book series published by Edinburgh University Press. She is the author of The Sutherland Estate, 1850-1920 (Edinburgh University Press, 2010), and Lachlan Grant of Ballachulish, 1871-1945 (co-edited with Ewen A. Cameron, Birlinn, 2015).

• Introduction; 1. 'The condition of its peasantry is wonderfully higher in every respect': the Sutherland Estate, 1850-1870; 2. 'A failure in every sense of the word:' the Sutherland Reclamations, 1869-1893; 3. 'Agitation amounting to legalised coercion:' the Sutherland Estate, 1880-1886; 4. 'Gladstone has much to answer for:' the Sutherland Estate, 1886-1896; 5. 'Unstained were the diadems Cromarty wore:' the Sutherland Estate, 1897-1920; 6. 'Let them understand that they must submit to rule:' Clashmore and the Sutherland Estate, 1850-1914; Conclusion: 'Neither forgotten nor forgiven'; Bibliography.

This book represents an important contribution to the period in question and is, moreover, a thoroughly enjoyable read. It will be of relevance to anyone with a keen interest in the modern history of the Highlands and Islands.