Fascist Scotland
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Fascist Scotland
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Author : Gavin Bowd
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2013-04-04
Fascist Scotland written by Gavin Bowd and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-04 with History categories.
On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess, Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich, entered Scottish airspace in an ill-fated attempt to discuss peace with the Duke of Hamilton. For the Nazis, Hess was the victim of 'tragic hallucinations'. But how far had Hess really flown from reality? Although Fascism in Britain is normally associated with England, and especially the East End of London, and even then dismissed as a marginal political phenomenon, Fascism did find support in Scottish society. Scotland has provided its own cohort of idealists, fanatics and traitors for extreme racist, nationalist and authoritarian politics. From Dumfries to Alness, one of the main ideologies of the first half of the twentieth century found its standard-bearers. But when Fascism crossed the Cheviots, it found itself in a restless part of a multi-nation state, riven by sectarian hatreds. Rudolf Hess felt the natives looked at him 'in a compassionate way', but Scottish Fascism had to carve out a niche in a crowded market for bigotry. In this book Gavin Bowd relates a fascinating and little-known part of our history which reveals some uncomfortable truths which are bound to stimulate debate even now.
Homage To Caledonia
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Author : Daniel Gray
language : en
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Release Date : 2013-07-22
Homage To Caledonia written by Daniel Gray and has been published by Luath Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-22 with History categories.
The Spanish civil war was a call to arms for 2,300 British volunteers, of which over 500 were from Scotland. The first book of its kind, 'Homage to Caledonia' examines Scotland's role in the conflict, detailing exactly why Scottish involvement was so profound. The book moves chronologically through events and places, firstly surveying the landscape in contemporary Scotland before describing volunteers' journeys to Spain, and then tracing their every involvement from arrival to homecoming (or not). There is also an account of the non-combative role, from fundraising for Spain and medical aid, to political manoeuvrings within the volatile Scottish left. Using a wealth of previously-unpublished letters sent back from the front as well as other archival items, Daniel Gray is able to tell little known stories of courage in conflict, and to call into question accepted versions of events such as the 'murder' of Bob Smillie, or the heroism of 'The Scots Scarlet Pimpernel'. Homage to Caledonia offers a very human take on events in Spain: for every tale of abject distress in a time of war, there is a tale of a Scottish volunteer urinating in his general's boots, knocking back a dram with Errol Flynn or appalling Spanish comrades with his pipe playing. For the first time, read the fascinating story of Caledonia's role in this seminal conflict. REVIEWS: As seen on STV Documentary 'The Scots Who Fought Franco'. 'Daniel Gray has done a marvellous job in bringing together the stories of Scots volunteers - in [this] many-voiced, multi-layered book' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'...moving and thought-provoking.' THE HERALD' A new and fascinating contribution' SCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKS 'Book of the week - Gray deserves applause for shining a light on a lesser-known aspect of the nation's character of which we should all be proud. 'PRESS &p; JOURNAL. BACK COVER: Thirty-five thousand people from across the world volunteered to join the armed resistance in a war on fascism. More people, proportionately, went from Scotland than any other country, and the entire nation was gripped by the conflict. What drove so many ordinary Scots to volunreer in a foreign war? Their stories are powerfully and honestly told, often in their own words: the ordinary men and women who made their way to Spain over the Pyrenees when the UK government banned anyone from going to support either side; the nuses and ambulance personnel who discovered for themselves the horrors of modern warfare; and the people back home who defied their poverty to give generously to the Spanish republican cause. Even in war there are light-hearted moments: a Scottish volunteer drunkenly urinating in his general's boots, enduring the dark comedy of learning to shoot with sticks amidst a scarcity of rifles, or enjoying the surreal experience of raising a dram with Errol Flynn. They went from all over the country: Glasgow, Edinburgh. Aberdeen, Dundee, Fife and the Highlands, and they fought to save Scotland, and the world, from the growing threat of fascism.
Fascism And The Italian Scottish Community In Interwar Scotland
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Author : Remigio Petrocelli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Fascism And The Italian Scottish Community In Interwar Scotland written by Remigio Petrocelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
Fascism For The Highlands The Secretaryship For Scotland And The Hydro Electric Bill Reviewed In An Address To The Welsh National Party S Summer School At Caernarfon 1943
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Author : Douglas Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Fascism For The Highlands The Secretaryship For Scotland And The Hydro Electric Bill Reviewed In An Address To The Welsh National Party S Summer School At Caernarfon 1943 written by Douglas Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with categories.
Fascism For The Highlands Gauleiter For Wales
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Author : Douglas Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Fascism For The Highlands Gauleiter For Wales written by Douglas Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Reconstruction (1939-1951) categories.
Journal Scottish Labour History Society
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Author : Scottish Labour History Society
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Journal Scottish Labour History Society written by Scottish Labour History Society and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Labor categories.
Scotland S Harvest
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Author : Richie McCaffery
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-07-24
Scotland S Harvest written by Richie McCaffery and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-24 with Poetry categories.
This study is the first exploration of the impact of World War Two on Scottish poets of both the front line and the home front. World War One has always been thought of as a poet’s war, one of horror and futility. The poetry of World War Two, by contrast, has long languished in its shadow, though there was a much greater amount of it written. This book asks whether these poets felt they were grown for war or rather that they grew through war experience, with an emphasis on the possibilities of the future instead of cataloguing the senseless horror of the battlefield. How were the hopes of Scottish poets different from their English counterparts? How was their poetry different, and how did it impact on their later lives?
Gaelic In Scotland
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Author : McLeod Wilson McLeod
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-04
Gaelic In Scotland written by McLeod Wilson McLeod and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-04 with Education categories.
In this extensive study of the changing role of Gaelic in modern Scotland - from the introduction of state education in 1872 up to the present day - Wilson McLeod looks at the policies of government and the work of activists and campaigners who have sought to maintain and promote Gaelic. In addition, he scrutinises the competing ideologies that have driven the decline, marginalisation and subsequent revitalisation of the language. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, at the boundary of history, law, language policy and sociolinguistics, the book draws upon a wide range of sources in both English and Gaelic to consider in detail the development of the language policy regime for Gaelic that was developed between 1975 and 1989. It examines the campaign for the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005, its contents and implementation; and assesses the development and delivery of development and delivery of Gaelic education and media from the late 1980s to the present.
Experiencing War As The Enemy Other
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Author : Wendy Ugolini
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2017-10-03
Experiencing War As The Enemy Other written by Wendy Ugolini and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with History categories.
Italy’s declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the ‘enemy other’. Through an analysis of personal testimonies and previously unpublished archival material, this book takes a case study of a long-established immigrant group and explores how notions of belonging and citizenship are undermined at a time of war. Overall, this book considers how wartime events affected the construction or Italian identity in Britain. It makes a groundbreaking and original contribution to the social and cultural history of Britain during World War Two as well as the wider literature on war, memory and ethnicity. It will appeal to scholars and students of British and Scottish cultural and social history and the history of World War II.
Impaled Upon A Thistle Scotland Since 1880
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Author : Ewen Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-30
Impaled Upon A Thistle Scotland Since 1880 written by Ewen Cameron and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-30 with History categories.
Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom. He sets Scottish experience alongside the Irish, Welsh and European, and considers British dimensions of historical change--involvement in two world wars, imperial growth and decline, for example - from a Scottish perspective. He relates political events to trends and movements in the economy, culture and society of the nation's regions--borders, lowlands, highlands, and islands. Underlying the history, and sometimes impelling its ambitions, are the evolution and growth of national self-confidence and identity which fundamentally affected Scotland's destiny in the last century. Dr Cameron ends by considering how such forces may transform it in this one. Like the period it describes this book has politics at its heart. The recent upsurge of scholarship and publication, backed by the author's extensive primary research, underpin its vivid and well-paced narrative.