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Beacon in the West

- A Hundred Years of the Stornoway Trust
Af: Roger Hutchinson Engelsk Hardback

Beacon in the West

- A Hundred Years of the Stornoway Trust
Af: Roger Hutchinson Engelsk Hardback
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In 1918 Lord Leverhulme bought the island of Lewis with ambitious plans to massively expand its fishing industry and increase its population.In 1923, when his plans had failed, he offered it free of charge to the islanders in two parts. One part, which included impoverished rural areas, was economically unviable. But the other, based around the busy fishing port and administrative centre of Stornoway, was a different matter. In accepting Leverhulme’s offer, the hardheaded, churchgoing business class of Stornoway took on the responsibility of making the radical slogan ‘Land for the People’ a reality. It was an unlikely coupling, but it worked to perfection.The 20th century was a tumultuous time for Lewis. Migration and depopulation were exacerbated by two world wars. Such problems could not be addressed in the lottery of private landownership, but in the stable, democratic government of the Stornoway Trust, town and country alike would weather the storms.Roger Hutchinson tells the story of those storms, and of the people who guided their pioneering estate into the relative security and prosperity of the 21st century. In doing so he paints a vivid portrait of a unique landholding experiment, of Highland land struggle and of the island of Lewis itself.
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In 1918 Lord Leverhulme bought the island of Lewis with ambitious plans to massively expand its fishing industry and increase its population.In 1923, when his plans had failed, he offered it free of charge to the islanders in two parts. One part, which included impoverished rural areas, was economically unviable. But the other, based around the busy fishing port and administrative centre of Stornoway, was a different matter. In accepting Leverhulme’s offer, the hardheaded, churchgoing business class of Stornoway took on the responsibility of making the radical slogan ‘Land for the People’ a reality. It was an unlikely coupling, but it worked to perfection.The 20th century was a tumultuous time for Lewis. Migration and depopulation were exacerbated by two world wars. Such problems could not be addressed in the lottery of private landownership, but in the stable, democratic government of the Stornoway Trust, town and country alike would weather the storms.Roger Hutchinson tells the story of those storms, and of the people who guided their pioneering estate into the relative security and prosperity of the 21st century. In doing so he paints a vivid portrait of a unique landholding experiment, of Highland land struggle and of the island of Lewis itself.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781839830501
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1839830506
Kategori: Western Isles, Outer Hebrides
Udg. Dato: 5 okt 2023
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 144mm
Højde: 223mm
Forlag: Birlinn General
Oplagsdato: 5 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Roger Hutchinson
Forfatter(e) Roger Hutchinson

Kategori Western Isles, Outer Hebrides

ISBN-13 9781839830501

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 144mm

Højde 223mm

Udg. Dato 5 okt 2023

Oplagsdato 5 okt 2023

Forlag Birlinn General