Scottish Popular Politics: From Radicalism to Labour

by W. Hamish Fraser and W. Hamish. Fraser

One hundred years ago the Labour Representation Committee was formed - this is usually taken as the founding meeting of the Labour Party. However a month before, in January 1900, the Scottish Workers' Parliamentary Election Committee was established to achieve the same things in Scotland - the election of working-class representatives to the House of Commons who would act independently of the existing political parties. This reflected the way many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902930118
• ISBN13: 9781902930114
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher