{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-scotland-isbn-9781786637871","title":"A People's History of Scotland","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis corrective history of Scotland reveals the little-told stories of freedom fighters and suffragettes—offering a passionate case for Scottish Independence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA People’s History of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a passionate cry for more than just independence but also for a nation\u003cbr\u003e based on social justice.“Splendid … The careful social and economic analysis in \u003ci\u003eA People’s History of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e offers a close reading of the rise and fall of industry and mining, resulting in consequences which were scarcely cheerful.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Paul Buhle, \u003ci\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Offers a Scottish version of E. P. Thompson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the English Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readable, committed and making excellent use of poetry and song to illustrate the fight for social justice across the centuries, Bambery’s book is as concerned with Scotland’s future as with its past. It should be welcomed by everyone involved today in building on the historical struggles for freedom.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Neil Davidson, author of \u003ci\u003eDiscovering the Scottish Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Bambery\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eScotland: Class and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eA Rebel's Guide to Gramsci\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War: A Marxist History\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300594897125,"sku":"NP9781786637871","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781786637871.jpg?v=1767720698","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-scotland-isbn-9781786637871","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}