On the Other Side of Sorrow: Nature and People in the Scottish Highlands

By: James Hunter

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Synopsis: &“An extraordinary intellectual voyage&” through Gaelic environmental awareness, centuries ahead of its time, and its value today (The Herald). Caring for the environment, developing rural communities, and ensuring the survival of minority cultures are all laudable objectives, but they can conflict, and nowhere more so than the Scottish Highlands. As environmentalists strive to preserve the scenery and wildlife of the Highlands, the people who belong there, and who have their own claims on the landscape, question this new threat to their culture, which dates back thousands of years. In this sensitive, thought-provoking book, James Hunter probes deep into this culture to examine the dispute between Highlanders, who developed a strong environmental awareness a thousand years before other Europeans, and conservationists, whose thinking owes much to the romantic ideals of the nineteenth century. More than that, he also suggests a new way of dealing with the problem, advocating drastic land-use changes and the repopulation of empty glens—an approach that has worldwide implications. &“A very thoughtful piece of advocacy.&” —The Scotsman

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780857908346
Related ISBNs:: 9781780271873
Publisher:: Birlinn Limited
Date of Addition:: 09/15/23
Copyrighted By:: James Hunter 1995
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.