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

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.

Author: William Kenefick
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 07/16/2007
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780748625185

About the Author

William Kenefick is Lecturer in Modern Scottish History at the University of Dundee and author of Rebellious and Contrary: The Glasgow Dockers c.1853 to 1932 (East Linton, Tuckwell Press, 2000). He was co-editor of The Roots of Red Clydeside 1910 to 1914?: Labour and Industrial Unrest in West Scotland (Edinburgh, John Donald, 1996).