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

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ID23460573
AuthorsAndrew G Newby (0000-0001-5757-6885, corresponding author), Andrew Newby
Year2007
Pages224
Publication date2007-03-21
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueIRELAND, RADICALISM AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, C.1870-1912. (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3366/edinburgh/9780748623754.001.0001
OpenAlexW638024546
Open LibraryOL22749673M
ISBN9780748623754
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This book focuses on the leading figures in radical politics in Ireland and the 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 book 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 the book to make radical reassessments of the contributions of individuals such as John Ferguson, Michael Davitt and Edward McHugh. The book looks closely at the political activities and ambitions of the Crofter MPs showing them to be a widely influential but diverse group: it reveals, for example, the extensive links between Angus Sutherland, the most radical of the Highland MPs, and John Ferguson's groupings of Irish political activists of urban Scotland. This is a balanced and vivid account of a turbulent period of modern Scottish history.

Ancient history · Geography · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Scottish History and National Identity · Crofters · foreign countries · Great britain · ireland · Irish · Land tenure · Political activity · politics and government

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