Ireland, Radicalism, and the Scottish Highlands, c.1870-1912 (Scottish Historical Review Monographs)
By Andrew Newby.
Description
This book focuses on the leading figures in radical politics in Ireland and Scottish highlands and explores the links between them. It deals with topics that have been at the centre of recent discussions on the Highland land question, the politics of the Irish community in Scotland, and the development of the labour movement in Scotland. The author argues that the Irish activists in the Scottish Highlands and in urban Scotland should be seen as adherents to notions of social and economic reform, such as land nationalisation, and not as Irish nationalists or Home Rulers. This leads him to ma...
ISBN(s)
0748623752, 9780748623754
