A People's History of Scotland

A People's History of Scotland

by Chris Bambery (Author), Chris Bambery (Author)

Synopsis

A People's History of Scotland looks beyond the kings and queens, the battles and bloody defeats of the past. It captures the history that matters today, stories of freedom fighters, suffragettes, the workers of Red Clydeside, and the hardship and protest of the treacherous Thatcher era. With riveting storytelling, Chris Bambery recounts the struggles for nationhood. He charts the lives of Scots who changed the world, as well as those who fought for the cause of ordinary people at home, from the poets Robbie Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid to campaigners such as John Maclean and Helen Crawfurd. This is a passionate cry for more than just independence but also for a nation based on social justice. Fully updated to include the rise of the SNP post 2014.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 28 Aug 2018

ISBN 10: 1786637871
ISBN 13: 9781786637871

Media Reviews
Splendid...The careful social and economic analysis in A People's History of Scotland offers a close reading of the rise and fall of industry and mining, resulting in consequences which were scarcely cheerful. - Paul Buhle, Monthly Review Offers a Scottish version of EP Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class. - Scotsman
Author Bio
Chris Bambery is a writer, broadcaster, TV producer and founding member of the International Socialist Group in Scotland. For many years he was the Secretary of the British Socialist Worker Party. He is the author of Scotland: Class and Nation, A Rebel's Guide to Gramsci and The Second World War: A Marxist History.