W. Hamish Fraser is professor of history at the University of Strathclyde.
Fraser is widely acknowledged as an authority on Scottish Labour history and a new book of this nature will be certain to attract interest not only from academics and undergraduate readers, but also the wider community of Labour activists. Fraser brings his expertise and experience into writing this pithy book ! This small valuable book reflects Fraser's mastery of primary sources as well as of the secondary literature and he often deftly weaves favourable references to other scholars' contributions into his narrative. This is a fine book. -- Jerry H. Brookshire, Middle Tennessee State University Scotia Professor Fraser provides a broad conspectus of popular radicalism in Scotland from the late-eighteenth century to the end of the First World War ! It is rather surprising that a survey of this kind has not been attempted before, and this is an admirably clear and succinct treatment. Professor Fraser has produced a thoughtful and invigorating study which will deservedly be widely read by both academic and lay audiences. Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (Reviewed with The Road to Home Rule by Christopher Harvie & Peter Jones and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP.) -- T. P. Wolf, Indiana University Southeast British Politics Group Newsletter Fraser is widely acknowledged as an authority on Scottish Labour history and a new book of this nature will be certain to attract interest not only from academics and undergraduate readers, but also the wider community of Labour activists. Fraser brings his expertise and experience into writing this pithy book ! This small valuable book reflects Fraser's mastery of primary sources as well as of the secondary literature and he often deftly weaves favourable references to other scholars' contributions into his narrative. This is a fine book. Professor Fraser provides a broad conspectus of popular radicalism in Scotland from the late-eighteenth century to the end of the First World War ! It is rather surprising that a survey of this kind has not been attempted before, and this is an admirably clear and succinct treatment. Professor Fraser has produced a thoughtful and invigorating study which will deservedly be widely read by both academic and lay audiences. Together, these books give a reader a wealth of infromation about the events and forces that culminated in a devolved Scotland and which may drive that land yet further away from Westminster control. (Reviewed with The Road to Home Rule by Christopher Harvie & Peter Jones and Claiming Scotland by Jonathan Hearn, all EUP.)
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