Starting from an interest in his own family, and in the area to the south of Forres which he had known from childhood, Robert Hay has produced an account of the lands of Altyre which is both local and universal.

David Craig and acclaimed photographer David Paterson provide a fascinating written and visual record of around twenty-five communities throughout the Highlands and Islands that were abandoned during the Clearances.

This book is a very readable account of this little known but fascinating episode in the history of the development of the Highlands.

An examination of the early sheep-farming period in the Highlands, which was characterised by a great deal of geographical, social and financial movement.

The transformation of Shetland by the process of enclosure is placed in the wider context of agricultural and economic change on the British and international scene.

REPRINTING

Since its first publication in 1979, this polemical and original book has remained in demand both among academics and those with a general interest in this region of Scotland.

• Agriculture And Farming