Download or read book Urban Highlanders written by Charles W. J. Withers and published by John Donald. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers a full-scale examination of the out-movement of migrant Highlanders from the Highlands to the urban Lowlands in the 18th and 19th centuries and of the migrant culture of urban Gaels within this new urban context. It follows work by the author on the historical geography of the Gaedhealtachd, the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland.