Title Famine in Scotland : the 'ill years' of the 1690s / Karen J. Cullen.

Publication Info.	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 218 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 16
	Scottish historical review monographs series ; no. 16.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and index.
Contents	Scotland's seven ill years : contexts and debates -- Climate, weather and agriculture : the making of a famine -- There arose a dearth : the grain market in crisis -- Providing for the destitute -- Famine : the demographic disaster -- Fleeing the famine : migration and emigration.
Summary	This book examines the climatic and economic origins of the last national famine to occur in Scotland, the nature and extent of the crisis which ensued, and what the impact of the famine was upon the population in demographic, economic and social terms.
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Chronological Term	1600-1699
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
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Other Form:	Print version: Cullen, Karen J. Famine in Scotland. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748638871 (DLC) 2010362070 (OCoLC)456839228
ISBN	9780748641840 (electronic book)
	074864184X (electronic book)
	9780748638871
	0748638873
Standard No.	9786612620478