ABSTRACT
The crofters of the west Highlands and Islands form a peasant group that obdurately refuses to die, to the discomfort and annoyance of planners and economic geographers. The Board's policy commitments derive from an assumption about the category of economic region into which the Highlands fall. Gaelic was the language of the Highlands and the Lordship of the Isles gave rise to a Gaelic high culture. The economic structure of both Highlands and Lowlands was based on the runrig joint farm. The Board's policy commitments derive from an assumption about the category of economic region into which the Highlands fall. The dual economy account of the nature of the Latin American agrarian sector has been challenged by a number of Marxist economists and sociologists, notably Frank; Vitale; and Stavenhagen. The basis of the argument is that the Iberian conquest was impelled by commercial motives.
