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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.
Cullen’s work is a long awaited and hugely valuable contribution on Scottish famine. Contemporary debates on climate change and the terrible reality of famine in the world today means Cullen’s work has a contemporary relevance as well as a particular significance for those studying the pre-Union era. -- Nicola Cowmeadow, University of Dundee * History Scotland * Cullen's book is a useful addition to the literature on early-modern famine, poverty, and indeed on Scottish history more generally. -- Jonathan Healey, St Catherine's College, Oxford * Local Population Studies * 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 *
