A People's History of Scotland
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A People's History of Scotland is a 2014 book by Chris Bambery.
Written from a far left perspective, the book briefly covers Scottish ancient history, before documenting events from the Middle Ages until 2014, focussing on the struggle of workers and Scottish perspectives on the UK's political parties and sense of national identity.
Publication
A People's History of Scotland was published in 2014 by Verso Press. It has 374 pages.[1]
It was written by Trotskyist Chris Bambery.[2]
Synopsis
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 wealth gap in Scotland.[1]
Critical receptionPaul Buhle, writing in Monthly Review, described the book as "splendid".[3] Seán Damer, of Edinburgh University's School of Social and Political Science,[4] described it as "well-written, well-documented, readable and provocative", crediting the author for telling history from the perspective of working-class Scots. He describes the book as being written from a Marxist perspective.[1]The Herald gave the book a mixed review describing it as good and readable, but also characterising it as campaigning ahead of the 2014 independence referendum scheduled a few months after the book's publication.[5] See also
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