Red Scotland! - The Rise and Fall of the Radical Left, C. 1872 to 1932

Informationen zum Autor William Kenefick Klappentext William Kenefick explores the impact of left-wing political radicalism, industrial unrest, and the Russian Revolution on the Scottish people not only in the west of Scotland but in Edinburgh and Leith, Dundee and Perth, Aberdeen, and the coalfields of Fife and the Lothians. He also considers the effect of industrial and political radicalism in the Scottish diaspora.This book explores the rise and decline of left radicalism in Scotland c.1872 to 1932. This book observes the response of Scottish artisans to legal restrictions on trade-union activities in the 1870s, trade union formation among the unskilled from the late 1880s, and the origins and impact of the Scottish socialist movement.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Cora Kaplan, William Kenefick, William (Lecturer in Modern Scottish His Kenefick, William (Lecturer in Modern Scottish History Kenefick
• Mitarbeit: Constantin V. Boundas (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.07.2007
• EAN: 9780748625185
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-2518-5
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung