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

An excellent resource for teaching and learning, this book explores the rise and decline of left radicalism in Scotland c.1872 to 1932. A journey through these turbulent times 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.

The Labour movement in Scotland was to face many new challenges by the twentieth century....