Langbeschreibung
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Radical Scotland c. 1872 to 1914; Writing Labour and Social History - I: Themes and Contested Issues; 2. Industrial Radicalism and the New Unionism c.1872 to 1914; 3. Left Radicalism, Labour and Socialism 1872 to 1914; 4. Red Scotland c. 1910 to 1932; Writing Labour and Social History - II: Themes and Contested Issues; 5. Labour Unrest, 1910 to 1914; 6. War Resisters and Anti-conscription; 7. War and Revolution and the Scottish Working Class; 8. Radicalism in Decline c.1920 to 1932; Epilogue: On Radicalism- And Exporting Scottish Left Radicalism; Bibliography; Index.