dc.contributor.author | Hancock, W. Neilson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-15T12:50:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-08-15T12:50:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1852 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hancock, W. Neilson. 'What are the causes of the distressed state of the Highlands of Scotland?'. - Belfast: Belfast Social Inquiry Society, No. 2, 1852 , pp1-16 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 00814776 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL I32 | |
dc.identifier.other | JEL N53 | |
dc.identifier.other | Y | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/20500 | |
dc.description | A paper read before the Society on the 10th February, 1852 | en |
dc.description.abstract | It will not be necessary for me to occupy much of your
time in adducing evidence of the nature and extent of the distressed
state of the poorer classes in the Highlands of Scotland. To account for this distress, many of the theories put forward with respect to Ireland have been urged with more or less favour
in Scotland ; such as, the Celtic race, the potato, absenteeism,
overpopulation, and want of capital.
As, however, the Highlanders are an agricultural population, before
adopting any of these solutions of the question, it seems natural
to inquire what is the state of agriculture in the districts where
this distress prevails. This inquiry is the more important, as in other parts of Scotland prosperous agriculture is attended, as we
might expect, by a total absence of general distress. | en |
dc.format.extent | 4686816 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Belfast Social Inquiry Society | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of the Belfast Social Inquiry Society | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | No. 2, 1852 | en |
dc.relation.haspart | Vol. [No.], [Year] | en |
dc.source.uri | http://www.ssisi.ie | |
dc.subject | Poverty | en |
dc.subject | Scotland | en |
dc.subject | Highlands | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 314.15 | |
dc.title | What are the causes of the distressed state of the Highlands of Scotland? | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.status.refereed | Yes | |