L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle

In the middle of the nineteenth century, at a time when the Highlands of Scotland were being wounded by the clearances, the traditional clan had all but disappeared and the chiefs had abandoned one of their most fundamental functions, the protection of the community from potential external threats....

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Main Author: Christian Auer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2008-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/7903
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description In the middle of the nineteenth century, at a time when the Highlands of Scotland were being wounded by the clearances, the traditional clan had all but disappeared and the chiefs had abandoned one of their most fundamental functions, the protection of the community from potential external threats. Yet, the notion of clan was still deeply imprinted in the Highland peasant’s mind, which made it all the more difficult for him to criticise the chief’s involvement in the economic process that was tearing the community apart. For the peasant to do that would also have amounted to nothing more than questioning his own existence and identity.
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L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
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title L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
title_full L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
title_fullStr L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
title_full_unstemmed L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
title_short L’impossible désappartenance : le paysan des Hautes Terres d’Écosse et les clearances du dix-neuvième siècle
title_sort l impossible desappartenance le paysan des hautes terres d ecosse et les clearances du dix neuvieme siecle
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