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Ireland, Radicalism, and the Scottish Highlands, c.1870-1912
Engelsk Hardback
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Ireland, Radicalism, and the Scottish Highlands, c.1870-1912
Engelsk Hardback

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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 make radical reassessments of the contributions of individuals such as John Ferguson, Michael Davitt and Edward McHugh. Andrew Newby looks closely at the political activities and ambitions of the Crofter MPs showing them to be a widely influential but diverse group: he reveals, for example, the extensive links between Angus Sutherland, the most radical of the Highland MPs, and John Ferguson''s groupings of Irish poli
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9780748623754
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748623752
Udg. Dato:
21 mar 2007
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
162mm
Højde:
242mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
21 mar 2007
Forfatter(e):
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