1st Edition
John Wheatley, Catholic Socialism, and Irish Labour in the West of Scotland, 1906-1924
By Gerry C. Gunnin
Copyright 1987
382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
382 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1987. This examination of the career of John Wheatley indicates the way in which one Irishman – reared among Liberal and Radical coal miners and taught by Roman Catholic priests and nationalist leaders to regard obedience to the Catholic Church and promotion of Home Rule as the vital interests for Irish Catholics – became a Socialist and adapted his Radical political views and... Read more
Preface; Prologue; 1. John Wheatley: Youth in a Lanarkshire Mining Village 2. John Wheatley, the Glasgow Observer, and the Roman Catholic Milieu 3. The Founding of the Catholic Socialist Society, 1906-1907 4. The Catholic Socialist Debate, 1907 5. The Catholic Socialist Society: Controversy and Growth, 1907-1910 6. Catholic Socialism and Politics, Wheatley’s Early Political Career, 1910-1914; Epilogue; Appendices; Bibliography
Biography
Gerry C. Gunnin
