POLITICAL HISTORY OF SCOTLAND 1832-1924 by Iain G. C. Hutchison ( 9781904607328 )

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POLITICAL HISTORY OF SCOTLAND 1832-1924
PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND ISSUES

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ISBN 10:

1904607322

ISBN 13:

9781904607328

Publisher:

JOHN DONALD PUBLISHERS LTD

Pub. date:

24 November, 2003

Pages:

384

Description:

An examination of developments within the main political parties in Scotland, studying their electoral fortunes from the time of the First Reform Bill to the emergence of the Labour party. It explores the manner in which political issues impinged on the parties and how they responded to these policy demands.

Synopsis:

In this way it provides an illuminating perspective and serves as a corrective to both Scoto-centric and Anglo-centric interpretations of events. Previous studies have tended to concentrate on the resources of the main record repositories in London and Edinburgh, and, while these collections are indispensable for any interpretation of the period, they do tend to highlight two types of politics more than others - the political operations of the great landed estates and the 'high politics' of the front benchers - and they are not always fully representative of all parts of Scotland. This book therefore has paid attention to a wide variety of source material in private hands and in local record centres to redress the balance and provide a more balanced picture. This scholarly but very readable study will appeal to all those with an interest in the political history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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John Donald Short Run Press

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