Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Scotland's Seven Ill Years: Contexts and Debates; 2. Climate, weather and agriculture: the making of a famine; 3. There arose a Dearth - the grain market in crisis; 4. Providing for the Destitute; 5. Famine: The Demographic Disaster; 6. Fleeing the Famine - migration and emigration; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography.

About the Author

Karen J. Cullen is Lecturer in Scottish History at the Centre for History, UHI Millennium Institute, the future University of the Highlands and Islands. She is author of a number of chapters and articles on the subject of famine in Scotland in the 1690s. Her current research interests lie in seventeenth and eighteenth century Scottish social, economic and demographic history.

Reviews

Cullen's major success is in filling the gaping hole in Scottish historiography relative to the 'Ill Years' of the 1690s. Histories to date have more often than not paid only minimal attention to the famine. This monograph should be seen as a welcome addition for all scholars who wish to better understand this neglected episode in Scottish history. -- John Sherry, University of Guelph Scottish Historical Review Cullen's major success is in filling the gaping hole in Scottish historiography relative to the 'Ill Years' of the 1690s. Histories to date have more often than not paid only minimal attention to the famine. This monograph should be seen as a welcome addition for all scholars who wish to better understand this neglected episode in Scottish history.